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[Ownage]

Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities and abuse owners

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.

www.abc.net.au

1337 kiddies are at it again. You knew this was going to happen.

 

[Punished Miku]

This is some good old fashioned 90s era style hacking.

 

[Keylime]

It seemed like "harmless" fun until you read they had access to the camera to spy on people.

Also why does every edgelord have to shout the N-word...why not something more wholesome:

 

[Hookshot]

Robot vacuum voyeur porn coming soon to a website near you

 

[Puscifer]

It seemed like "harmless" fun until you read they had access to the camera to spy on people.

Also why does every edgelord have to shout the N-word...why not something more wholesome:

Why the fuck does a vacuum need a camera?

 

[N0S]

To read the room

 

[jason10mm]

Damn, rethinking that robot lawnmower now....

And it was 'hackers", sure, whats next, ATMs calling us assholes??

 

[GymWolf]

Why the fuck does a vacuum need a camera?

Mapping the house, some use lasers, some cameras.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Damn, rethinking that robot lawnmower now....

And it was 'hackers", sure, whats next, ATMs calling us assholes??

Stephen King’s cameo from Maximum Overdrive, these kind of deep cuts show your age good sir!

 

[AJUMP23]

Now do those new musk robots.

 

[Trilobit]

On May 24, the same day that Mr Swenson's device was hacked, a Deebot X2 went rogue, and chased its owner's dog around their Los Angeles home.

Heckin' basterds!

I have a Roborock, but luckily it's the one before they put actual cameras into them. I think mine has LiDAR, which isn't as intrusive even if it can map out the areas of my home pretty well.

 

[jason10mm]

Stephen King’s cameo from Maximum Overdrive, these kind of deep cuts show your age good sir!

Sad to say my engagement with pop culture has basically stopped around 2005

MO is HIGH HIGH HIGH on my list of stuff that might benefit from bieng remade. The OG, while campy as shit (saw it in theater!) never really explored the themes of the film as much as I think they could do now. The low budget, while maximized (heh heh) by sticking to the gas stop location and the GENIUS use of the goblin truck, limited the horror IMHO.

There are a lot of King things I'd like to see redone, his early works before he went too batty.

 

[poppabk]

Why the fuck does a vacuum need a camera?

To spot dog shit before it smears it across the entire house.
Edit: for real

 

[SlimySnake]

Well Done.

 

[chakadave]

I find it satisfying that this is right next to the Tesla robot right now.

 

[Laptop1991]

LoL and they thought the Zombie apocalypse was the real danger, attack of the abusive vacuums! lol

 

[T8SC]

 

[ClanOfNone]

T-800 ain’t got shit on Roomba 5.0

 

[IntentionalPun]

Finally. Been jerking off in front of my Roomba for what seems like a decade waiting for an audience.

 

[jason10mm]

Lets not forget this little gem from Season...2? Of Love, DEath, and Robots...

 

[Deleted member 1159]

 

[Dirk Benedict]

This is some good old fashioned 90s era style hacking.

Statue of Liberty hacked always gets me.

 

[Windle Poons]

Damn, rethinking that robot lawnmower now....

And it was 'hackers", sure, whats next, ATMs calling us assholes??

Honey… this machine just called me an asshole.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Honey… this machine just called me an asshole.

Back when King didn't act like a fucking queen.

 

[Musashipan]

Chinese garbage, of course

 

[Durien]

Why the fuck does a vacuum need a camera?

Or need to be connected to the internet??? Holy shit, why does everything need to be connected to the internet now?

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Contingency is your new relative.

 

[Puscifer]

Or need to be connected to the internet??? Holy shit, why does everything need to be connected to the internet now?

These things worked fine for 20+ years without them, I liked my old irobot I got on sale for 100 bucks because it picked up dust and my old dog's shedding that I was sweeping everyday and it didn't require a camera or Internet.

 

[FeralEcho]

Uh oh...Doofy is in trouble, he's playing with the vacuum cleaner again.

 

[chromhound]

Robot vacuum voyeur porn coming soon to a website near you

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Also why does every edgelord have to shout the N-word...why not something more wholesome:

Because they are all bored white kids of middle-class families, not brothers surviving in the ghetto by dealing crack.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Or need to be connected to the internet??? Holy shit, why does everything need to be connected to the internet now?

So they can sell you a subscription for additional features.

 

[BlackTron]

Or need to be connected to the internet??? Holy shit, why does everything need to be connected to the internet now?

When you are put on some kind of list for not having a house full of shit that connects to the Internet, it's over.

 

[Trilobit]

To spot dog shit before it smears it across the entire house.
Edit: for real

That was honestly a big reason people used in the past as to why they didn't want a robo cleaner. They didn't want to come home to a shit smeared home.

 

[poppabk]

That was honestly a big reason people used in the past as to why they didn't want a robo cleaner. They didn't want to come home to a shit smeared home.

So the scientists added dog shit detection.