Posted on 10/11/2024 2:11:25 PM PDT by dynachrome
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.
The affected robots were all Chinese-made Ecovacs Deebot X2s — the exact model that the ABC was able to hack into as proof of a critical security flaw.
Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson was watching TV when his robot started to malfunction.
"It sounded like a broken-up radio signal or something," he told the ABC. "You could hear snippets of maybe a voice."
Through the Ecovacs app, he saw that a stranger was accessing its live camera feed and remote control feature.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
That somebody took to be racial slurs.
Twilight Zone “A Thing About Machines”
Bartlett Finchley is an odd man, a writer who contributes to food magazines and the like. He lives alone and is always it seems in need of a repairman for one piece of household equipment or another. As time has gone by, he seems to be in a constant battle with machines - his typewriter, his television - which all have the same message for him: get out of the house. He has no intention of doing so however and the battle begins.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734551/
LOL
I hope so, because I talk to my cheapo Roomba all the time. But it’s not connected to the internet.
The hackers could turn the vacuums on at 3 AM.
"Okay staff. How can we make a vacuum with spying or "burn-the-house-down-kill-the-owner" hack-ability?"
https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec?si=O7xgmYQ1N7qYeXPj
I have no doubt a real life talkie toaster will appear en masse someday and it won’t be your chirpy breakfast companion.
It will happen.
I have no hesitation in saying I am still a Luddite.
Even before latest “progress” Frank Sinatra’s lifelong friend Jilly Rizzo was in his new car when hit by a drunk driver. He tried to get the door to unlock but a system apparently kept it locked, not responding. Either he didn’t know how to override or the system was seized up from the damage like a locked up PC. The car started on fire. He was trapped and burned alive.
May 6, 1992.
Young couple in their exciting new all tech home.
Woman: Open the front door. It’s locked and so are the other doors and windows. Let us out of here.
“I’m sorry, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lsExRvJTAI
That you know of...
Meanwhile Elon Musk announces your new best friend and personal slave, Tesla Optimus:
https://www.cnet.com/videos/elon-musk-shares-vision-for-optimus-robots-at-we-robot-event/
No thanks. You know what I want to be internet connected or computer controlled?
My computer.
And then only when I turn on the connection manually.
That would suck!
I hope that never happens.
Hmm...I’ve noticed that when I take a shower the terlit starts laughing at me. Thought it was just my imagination...
I asked him on X if he has an Optimus Prime model that will fight the Decepticons for me.
Apparently they do, but it’s name is Trump.
Dat’s Edith doin’ that
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Wait until AI is in control of everything and they figure out how to hijack it.
True. I only know I didn’t set one up. In fact it wasn’t an option iirc. When I say cheap, I mean cheap. This thing navigates by braille.
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