LOL tempted to pick up the nonfunctional washer and try to pentest the Wi-Fi on this thing.

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

LOL tempted to pick up the nonfunctional washer and try to pentest the Wi-Fi on this thing. 🤪

#cybersecurity

[th@social.v.st]

@ai6yr you might be able to jail break it via the status LED https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-hacking-washing-machines

[ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org]

@th LOL that's hilarious

[elaterite@mastoart.social]

@ai6yr @th Good grief. I'm gonna be depressed for the rest of the day. Jail breaking home appliances, like a washing machine, is a thing, let alone the subject of a talk at a conference? Why would anyone need anything more than a mechanical cycle selector switch on a washer? ‍

[phil_stevens@mastodon.nz]

@elaterite @ai6yr @th Imagine my horror at discovering that the lithium battery pack for my Husqvarna chainsaw has firmware private-key encryption on its comms with the charger. Talk about vendor lockin.

[oldgeek@masto.yttrx.com]

@phil_stevens @elaterite @ai6yr @th Thats where I'm hoping Canada finally says fuck it and rescinds their law making it illegal to reverse engineer encryption. Be a whole lot of Americans willing to buy any circumvention products so we can be free to repair our own damn stuff.