Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoManufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlinewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1275file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinustechtips@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@hexbear.net
arrow-up1275external-linkManufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlinewww.tomshardware.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinustechtips@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@hexbear.net
An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoWhy do it the easy way, when you can do it the fun way?
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 months ago“we didn’t do it because it was easy, but because we though it would be easy”
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoAnd then we got angry because it didn’t work and worked on it until 3am.
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIs it from there, I got it from r/programmerHumor (equally as destiguished imo /s)
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoTo quote the inventor of the Steam Brick: Because I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could that I didn’t stop to think if I should.
Why didn’t he just use DNS spoofing?
Why do it the easy way, when you can do it the fun way?
“we didn’t do it because it was easy, but because we though it would be easy”
And then we got angry because it didn’t work and worked on it until 3am.
I too, read art of war
Is it from there, I got it from r/programmerHumor (equally as destiguished imo /s)
It is not.
To quote the inventor of the Steam Brick: