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User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fne8w2ah@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/user-accidentally-gains-control-of-over-6-700-robot-vacuums-while-tinkering-with-their-own-device-to-enable-control-with-a-playstation-controller-security-flaw-reveals-floor-plans-and-live-video-feeds

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The big concern should be DJI having access to cameras and microphones in who knows how many millions of households.

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    • whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The bigger concern should be that this is how badly coded and how little concern there is about security there is with smart appliances in people’s homes.

      Working as a consultant and seeing the code that runs online services made me realize how fucked up everything is and to accept that nobody knows or cares about what they are doing with other people’s integrity. AI in coding is barely making a dent in it.

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      • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s less of a concern over the corporate actors who have infiltrated our houses.

        Even if it was completely secure, they would still have access to this information and that would be by utilised by a state in some capacity against us.

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      • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We should probably take “engineering” out of software titles.

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      • msage@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Always remember:

        the S in IoT stands for security

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      • diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hey look a fellow dev that actually tries. Good to meet you.

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    • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ‘Company deliberately has control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while selling them to unsuspecting general public’

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  • suodrazah@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “AI Strategist” <vomit>

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  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You don’t have to be smart to use a broom but you have to be stupid to buy a vacuum with microphone and camera.

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    • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or just ignorant.

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      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        honestly, in today’s world and in this context, it’s often the same thing

        if you’re ignorant of what these smart devices are doing in [current year], you’re almost definitely stupid for choosing to be ignorant of it. it’s been a whole decade of this stuff now. you’ve been exposed to it, and you’ve made the chose to remain ignorant.

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    • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      connected to a server outside of your house

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    • 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or disabled and unable to sweep :(

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    • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      broom gang broom gang

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  • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shame they didn’t get access to the analytics. It would be very interesting to see the extent these data collected are used.

    For instance, training voice AI on customer data. Or voice printing to make a location map of uses and selling that data. Or customizing ads that show up on their devices based on what’s in the home, etc etc

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Why is any of this connected to a spinning turbine sucking air into a filter bag? We have collectively failed as a society, instead of building a leisure society, we build a society of useless over-engineered gadgets programmed by people driving to the office for no reason while being told to reduce our carbon emissions.

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      • wabasso@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I hate when someone’s house has an Alexa or whatever and I either have to accept it’s listening to me, or spend social credit asking if they can turn it off when I’m there (I’ve never actually made that request).

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  • Bazell@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I gave some suggestions about how their security engineer’s routine looks like:

    Image

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  • Chick0nPlayz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s a tuff number boiii

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  • Ranulph@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Its a pretty good example of things you can do with Claude.

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  • mcv@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why are they collecting this data in the first place? You can’t mishandle data you don’t have. The fact that remote access to video is even possible, is very alarming.

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