Perhaps the best part of this anecdote was Swenson’s incredulous conclusion that the situation “could have been worse.” But he’s right that it was nice of the hacker to let him know his vacuum was hacked instead of spying on him indefinitely.
The most common issue people have with so-called “smart” home devices is that they often require a software subscription to access core functionality, and if the manufacturer goes under or stops supporting the device, it simply becomes a paperweight.
Friendly reminder that the S in IoT stands for security
what do you mean? I gave it my ID number, now it’s called ID IoT and it’s totally safe
why does it need to have audio capabilities
They say things like “battery low” and “bin full” normally.
Why yes this is totally solvable with a colored indicator light or just beeping a certain number of times
The ending of Parasite but instead of a heartfelt letter to his son, Ki-Taek just sends out a Nick Mullen bit on repeat for several years.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
why would you ever let a thing with a camera on it roam around your house connected to the wider internet? thats lan only shit
My grandparents just got cop cameras (ring) and I don’t want to go to their house anymore
the only tiny saving grace of those pieces of shit is that they got rubes to put up battery powered cameras which are trivially easy to disable and often not active regardless due to a dead battery. I moved into a shared house with some. The batteries were charged like twice in 2 years and I put duct tape over the camera on the one facing the street
You ever see a post title that gets you to check if it was submitted to c/fakenews? Yeah…
From this to hacking the internet archive, hackers are not good anymore.
