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Hacked Robot Vacuums Across the U.S. Started Yelling Slurs (gizmodo.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Live camera feed" was also accessed. Isn't that just nice.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20748557

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Obstacle avoidance and mapping. If it were all done locally without an Internet connection it would be fine, but of course it's gotta be connected to the cloud for profit reasons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Unless you install Valetudo on it!