Posted on 09/30/2025 10:47:42 PM PDT by ransomnote
Researchers have uncovered serious security flaws with the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, a machine that is already being used in laboratories and some police departments. They discovered that G1 can be used for covert surveillance and could potentially launch a full-scale cyberattack on networks.
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction nightmares, robots that are secretly spying on you and could be controlled by remote hackers. However, the concern is real, as these types of robots are becoming increasingly common in homes, businesses, critical infrastructure and public spaces.
When robots go rogue
In a new study available on the arXiv preprint server, cybersecurity experts from Alias Robotics describe how they performed a digital audit on G1, reverse-engineering its internal software and eavesdropping on its internal communications to identify critical weaknesses.
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Updated confrontation.
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“Open the podcast studio door, HAL.”
“I’m afraid I can’t do that, Trump supporter.”
And think of all the security cameras, internet devices, Wi-Fi routers, and every other Chinese connected product beaming back information to the chi com mothership. Every square inch of houses and cities mapped and scanned. Every conversation recorded. Every movement logged. Every keystroke password and email read. Nothing to worry about...
What little I can do is not have a smart house, electric meter, appliances and as much as possible, not have auto online exposure.
I don’t want a newer car than my 2019 Santa Fe; I’m sure it reports plenty enough as it is.
This could be the a great movie plot... the U.S. and China go to war... and all our Roombas and other China-manufactured consumer-electronic crap are weaponized against us.
Something about paying for the rope with which they will hang us.
Anyone who couldn’t see this coming is a clueless moron. We’ve got to get it through our heads that we must expel every single Chinese national from the U.S., and then wean our country off of CCP manufacturing as fast as possible. No matter how daunting that sounds, it MUST be done.
Anyone who couldn’t see this coming is a clueless moron. We’ve got to get it through our heads that we must expel every single Chinese national from the U.S., and then wean our country off of CCP manufacturing as fast as possible. No matter how daunting that sounds, it MUST be done.
This double-posting bug has really gotten out of hand lately.
And I thought Alexa was bad.
I agree. It’s annoying.
But it’s cheap on Amazon
Is anyone surprised?
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