<![CDATA[heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house]]>heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house

(root access with the same root password on every mower - reset to the same thing after every update even if you change it, your wi-fi credentials + gps in plaintext. also for some reason all the safety features designed to stop them hitting people can be overridden remotely)

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A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower

Forget robovacs — Yarbo’s bladed robots are an even bigger security nightmare.

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The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535998224662199https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535998224662199Thu, 07 May 2026 23:56:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:51:52 GMT]]>@Dex "Connect everything to the Internet"... is a form of mass insanity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116535978378875390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116535978378875390Thu, 07 May 2026 23:51:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:49:31 GMT]]>@Dex Living in the future.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgrumpymonkey/statuses/116535969164539468https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgrumpymonkey/statuses/116535969164539468Thu, 07 May 2026 23:49:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:42:10 GMT]]>@steveriggins Drinking and driving? You didn’t really want the pansies or azaleas, did you? 🙂

@octothorpe @Dex

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535940271356336https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535940271356336Thu, 07 May 2026 23:42:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:40:43 GMT]]>@steveriggins I do not want a car with internet, subscriptions, NDAs, things that mean I haven’t really bought a car but have handed someone a lot of money to monetize me with 3rd parties so Si can pretend I own it. I don’t want cameras, computers phoning in my driving habits. I just want a car that works as expected. And I want dials and buttons and keyholes, not computer screens. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?! 😉 @octothorpe @Dex

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535934570281959https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535934570281959Thu, 07 May 2026 23:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:31:51 GMT]]>@CStamp @octothorpe @Dex one advantage to a riding mower is sipping wine while clipping the lawn haha.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535899681421782https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535899681421782Thu, 07 May 2026 23:31:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:29:59 GMT]]>@steveriggins @octothorpe @Dex Toronto area has yards that to me seem ridiculous to mow with this gas and electric mowers. By the time you pull the thing out, the lawn could’ve been mowed and you could be sitting in a chair, sipping wine. 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535892315267298https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535892315267298Thu, 07 May 2026 23:29:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:27:56 GMT]]>@CStamp @octothorpe @Dex no. I will likely have a hand push mower at the new place. Very little grass. Not worried about my car though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535884264827632https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535884264827632Thu, 07 May 2026 23:27:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:24:45 GMT]]>@steveriggins You have that big a yard? I like well-balanced and oiled pushmowers. Quiet, less room to store, environmentally-friendly, easier to push than gas, and they absolutely don’t spy on me or are hackable. 🙂 @octothorpe @Dex

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535871791065893https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535871791065893Thu, 07 May 2026 23:24:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:24:14 GMT]]>@Dex why in the everloving fuck are lawnmowers even connected to the internet?]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/f03b2b52-e473-4c4d-917f-48d227962851https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/f03b2b52-e473-4c4d-917f-48d227962851Thu, 07 May 2026 23:24:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:21:52 GMT]]>@CStamp @octothorpe @Dex I’m only concerned about riding lawnmowers 😆

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535860431091201https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535860431091201Thu, 07 May 2026 23:21:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:17:53 GMT]]>@octothorpe @steveriggins @Dex It’s only a matter of time before they hack into cars, if they haven’t already.

I am going to be stuck with my old car forever. 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535844793555554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116535844793555554Thu, 07 May 2026 23:17:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:14:57 GMT]]>@steveriggins @Dex yuuuuup

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/octothorpe/statuses/116535833232032245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/octothorpe/statuses/116535833232032245Thu, 07 May 2026 23:14:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:11:09 GMT]]>@Dex And how much is the military spending on developing deadly ALVs?

They're already Developed!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116535818261250468https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116535818261250468Thu, 07 May 2026 23:11:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 23:08:37 GMT]]>@Dex @octothorpe immediate addition to the never ever buy from this company list

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535808304864705https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/steveriggins/statuses/116535808304864705Thu, 07 May 2026 23:08:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 22:51:29 GMT]]>@Dex Root access on anything to do with gardening seems especially nasty.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/toroidalcore/statuses/116535740975592922https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/toroidalcore/statuses/116535740975592922Thu, 07 May 2026 22:51:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 22:49:39 GMT]]>@Dex This timeline we live in just never stops does it?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116535733749856889https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116535733749856889Thu, 07 May 2026 22:49:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 22:42:13 GMT]]>the verge is paywalled (forgot my RSS reader bypasses that to get the full text) - the full vulnerability disclosure is here https://github.com/Bin4ry/yarbo-nat-in-my-back-yard

here's just one part of it

(also gonna mute this thread)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scalie.club/users/Dex/statuses/116535704531869390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://scalie.club/users/Dex/statuses/116535704531869390Thu, 07 May 2026 22:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 22:30:10 GMT]]>@Dex Secure by design 🤡

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/Thorium/statuses/116535657128562815https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/Thorium/statuses/116535657128562815Thu, 07 May 2026 22:30:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to heads up if you have a yarbo lawnmower, switch it off, change your home wifi password, and potentially move house on Thu, 07 May 2026 22:12:32 GMT]]>@Dex all appliances with wifi access are Trojan horses

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