Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple cities, yell racial slurs

ABC.net ^ | 10-10-24 | Julian Fell

[dynachrome]

At least it wasn't telling people to vote commie-la and tampon tim.

[No name given]

Yet.

[CatOwner]

Seems like just about any electronic device can be hacked. Imagine tapping into the software of an EV and sending it at top speed through a crowd.

[Qwapisking]

waiting now for the future camp classic “attack of the cussing killer roombas”.

[OldHarbor]

Drink more Ovaltine

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I knew I hated those things!

[wally_bert]

That could describe a couple of knight rider plots.

[ryderann]

If it has a speaker, it will have a receiver as well.

[antidemoncrat]

I wonder if they ever put our ballistic missile systems \under the control of AI if hackers could grab control of them as easy?

[wally_bert]

I don’t want or trust them.

Think the unreal level of details those things could find about a place.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Would have been worse if it started screaming “I come from a middle class family I have a nice lawn” that would have made my ears bleed

[wally_bert]

Most of the IoT devices are a bad idea to me.

[glorgau]

The trick to evade this crap is to not connect the damn things to the internet. Or, if you’re tech savvy, set up separate routers to isolate them from the rest of the internet. Too much effort for me, I just say no.

[PGR88]

Racist vacuum cleaners!

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They probably could even analyze the dust (it’s your skin cells, you know) and record the DNA for future reference.

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I just vacuumed today in fact, with an old-fashioned, non-smart, hand-pushed vacuum cleaner.

Worked just fine.

[wally_bert]

My wife uses an Oreck and won’t change.

[wally_bert]

That is probably out there, at least in testing.

[left that other site]

That’s a good one. Kirbys are decent too.

Mine ist ein Bissel Meshugah.

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I don’t doubt it, FRiend.