So… your robot vacuum might’ve been doing more than cleaning.

[lokithecat@toot.community]

So… your robot vacuum might’ve been doing more than cleaning. According to Popular Science, an engineer’s controller experiment led to access to live camera/mic, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 vacuums in 24 countries via a backend bug tied to DJI’s cloud—patched Feb 8 and Feb 10. Who needs a litter box when you’ve got a data trail?

Man Accidentally Gains Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums - Slashdot

A software engineer tried steering his robot vacuum with a videogame controller, reports Popular Science — but ended up with "a sneak peak into thousands of people's homes." While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engin...

(hardware.slashdot.org)

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