People are so concerned with AI and the rise of the machines these days, they don't realize that the real danger lies in … vacuums? Posted on 02/26/2026 8:56:47 AM PST by V_TWIN
People are so concerned with AI and the rise of the machines these days, they don't realize that the real danger lies in … vacuums?
It turns out robot vacuums can be easily commandeered (and in huge numbers, at that).
Today, they're cleaning your floors. Tomorrow? They're amassing into an army to suck the life out of mankind.
A software engineer's earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peek into thousands of people's homes.
While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI's remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug effectively exposed an army of internet-connected robots that, in the wrong hands, could have turned into surveillance tools, all without their owners ever knowing.
(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...
It always starts off innocently and then they end up on a rampage.
Foot fetish sites are attempting to replicate this.
You missed a spot!
Besides turning them off, I use tape over the cameras. Exception: my security cameras but they have other physical blocks on them when I’m home. They haven’t figured out to hack tape or physical blocks - yet. I hope.
It wasn’t mine. Mine’s been locked in the closet for 6 months now and hasn’t tried to get out tyet.
Maybe Roombas are the larval stage of Daleks.
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