themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House

244

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House

themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days ago

One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

Chat

Tehdastehdas@piefed.social
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
4·
26 days ago
It could overcharge and overheat the battery, leading to explosion or at least fire.

Technology@lemmy.world

technology@lemmy.world

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.world

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

5.68K users / day
8.33K users / week
13.7K users / month
31.4K users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
77K subscribers
16.4K Posts
532K Comments
Modlog