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-squareaubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months ago iLife A11 smart vacuum it had an AllWinner A33 SoC with a TinaLinux operating system, plus a GD32F103 microcontroller to manage its plethora of sensors, including Lidar, gyroscopes, and encoders.
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