Hacked Robot Vacuums Across the U.S. Started Yelling Slurs

Gizmodo ^ | October 11, 2024 | Tom Maxwell

[bigbob]

“I’m on strike! Get a broom and clean your own f’n house ya slob!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why are hackers so lacking in imagination?

Racial slurs?

And hackney ones at that?

[Magnum44]

Don’t upset your Cleaner….

[metmom]

Seriously.

Someone could have had a lot of fun with that first.

[metmom]

Person: “Vacuum, go vacuum the living room.”

Vacuum: “I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yep.

Have it say "Gross" at just above sub-audible level, every fourth time the scrubbing function is activated or something.

Or, Youngest Daughter's suggestion, "Make it do a fart noise every time it does a turn."

[ifinnegan]

Chicom spying machine crap.

[DarrellZero]

Is your Roomba racist?

Film at 11!

[linMcHlp]

So a company makes a product that caters to the purchaser’s DEMAND for convenience.

Given that: Security and Convenience are often opponents.

Did the purchasers make demands of themselves, to:

- NOT allow remote access into their properties

- REQUIRE a complex administrative username for access to in/on property devices

- REQUIRE a complex administrative password for access to in/on property devices

- DISABLE in/on property Bluetooth transmissions before leaving their property

- NOT TRUST the servers of the product company’s website, with details of the purchaser, the structures and properties?

[No name given]

Yes, it’s better to do the sweeping yourself than trust a machine like that.

[Mogger]

So with the camera the robot vacuum can case the house and find out when you aren't there for someone to rob you?

I suppose it beats having the thing blow up like a pager in Lebanon.

[ifinnegan]

At least don’t buy one from a Chinese communist company.

[Secret Agent Man]

This one is essentially harmless in itself, its kinda funny.

Its also a reason I dont have IoT things in my house. It shows you most folks don’t think about security.

[kaktuskid]

Maybe they are tired of cats riding them.

[scott says]

And this is bad because? I would leave the hacked version. Makes chore time more fun—a fellow worker to complain with—good times.

[Varsity Flight]

What was that show with the talking car?

[Varsity Flight]

My Mother the Car

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=my%20mother%20the%20car&view=detail&mid=5A23DEB5C0FF5429DAD15A23DEB5C0FF5429DAD1&ajaxhist=0

“Come Honk Your Horn”

[Red Badger]

My Mother The Car..............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Mother_the_Car

[MayflowerMadam]

Smart appliances ... Crazy.

The prior owners of the house we bought last year left their top-of-the-line, two-month-old washer and dryer. The appliances were “smart”. We used them for two weeks and GAVE them to our handyman when our old Kenmores were delivered.

My washer and my Sleep Number bed do not need to be connected to wifi. They don’t need to be smarter than kaMAla Harris.