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Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway

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Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 3 months ago

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Manufacturer 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 offline

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The smart vacuum cleaner was remotely bricked for not collecting data.

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