Ecovacs robot vacuums in multiple US cities were hacked in the space of a few days, with the attacker physically controlling them and yelling obscenities through their onboard speakers.
    • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Personally if I was the hacker I’d chase the people around with it shouting “EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE!” I think that would be tasteful

  • No1@aussie.zone
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    3 hours ago

    SkyNet is coming. When it’s AI controlling the robots instead of hackers, watch out!

    To be serious though, I’ve got a robot vac that’s pretty dumb by today’s standards - no camera etc. It hasn’t had a firmware update for ages, so if it was hacked, I’m dubious the company would fix such an old model. The one benefit is that I think it’s so old and dumb, I think I can actually run it without connecting to a network. But I would lose app control and the ability to change any settings.