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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities and abuse owners, yells racist slurs

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Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities and abuse owners, yells racist slurs

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities and abuse owners

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.

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It’s almost halloween and these idiots chose racism over spookyism.
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  Technically, might be both
  
  Spook, noun
  
  slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A derogatory term for a black person.
  
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