“I’m on strike! Get a broom and clean your own f’n house ya slob!
Racial slurs?
And hackney ones at that?
Person: “Vacuum, go vacuum the living room.”
Vacuum: “I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.”
Chicom spying machine crap.
Is your Roomba racist?
Film at 11!
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?
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.
Maybe they are tired of cats riding them.
And this is bad because? I would leave the hacked version. Makes chore time more fun—a fellow worker to complain with—good times.
What was that show with the talking car?
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.
We still clean the old fashion way.... and actually move furniture and things when doing so.
Our TVs do that for real. It’s called Main Stream Media, and we pay them to.
MOst “smart” technology is meant to add another element of collecting data on you which will be data that is breached by or sold to the intelligence agencies.
Why do we need vacuums with speakers?
Could be worse. Imagine if someone were to hack a Cherry-2000.
that sucks...