Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 11 days agoManufacturer 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 offlinewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1273arrow-down1external-linkManufacturer 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 offlinewww.tomshardware.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.
minus-squareFontasia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days agoWhy didn’t he just use DNS spoofing?
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·11 days ago“we didn’t do it because it was easy, but because we though it would be easy”
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoAnd then we got angry because it didn’t work and worked on it until 3am.
minus-squareJack@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoIs it from there, I got it from r/programmerHumor (equally as destiguished imo /s)
minus-squareTransient Punk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·11 days agoWhy do it the easy way, when you can do it the fun way?
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 days agoTo quote the inventor of the Steam Brick: Because I was so preoccupied with whether or not I could that I didn’t stop to think if I should.
Why didn’t he just use DNS spoofing?
“we didn’t do it because it was easy, but because we though it would be easy”
And then we got angry because it didn’t work and worked on it until 3am.
I too, read art of war
Is it from there, I got it from r/programmerHumor (equally as destiguished imo /s)
It is not.
Why do it the easy way, when you can do it the fun way?
To quote the inventor of the Steam Brick: