#smartvacuum — Public Fediverse posts

Whoops: Your ‘Smart’ Vacuum May Be Broadcasting A 3D Map Of Your Home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/05/whoops-your-smart-vacuum-may-be-broadcasting-a-3d-map-of-your-home/

Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart #vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware & Python scripts to run offline-Tom's Hardware

An engineer got curious about how his #iLifeA11 #SmartVacuum worked & #monitored the network traffic coming from the device. That’s when he noticed it was constantly sending logs & #telemetry data to the manufacturer — something he hadn't consented to.
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline