Ecovacs robot vacuums in multiple US cities were hacked in the space of a few days, with the attacker physically controlling them and yelling obscenities through their onboard speakers.
SkyNet is coming. When it’s AI controlling the robots instead of hackers, watch out!
To be serious though, I’ve got a robot vac that’s pretty dumb by today’s standards - no camera etc. It hasn’t had a firmware update for ages, so if it was hacked, I’m dubious the company would fix such an old model. The one benefit is that I think it’s so old and dumb, I think I can actually run it without connecting to a network. But I would lose app control and the ability to change any settings.
SkyNet is coming. When it’s AI controlling the robots instead of hackers, watch out!
To be serious though, I’ve got a robot vac that’s pretty dumb by today’s standards - no camera etc. It hasn’t had a firmware update for ages, so if it was hacked, I’m dubious the company would fix such an old model. The one benefit is that I think it’s so old and dumb, I think I can actually run it without connecting to a network. But I would lose app control and the ability to change any settings.