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Shark vacuum robots have an unpatched flaw that could let attackers access cameras, WiFi passwords, and home maps, researcher claims.

Researcher Tokay0 says SharkNinja failed to fix the issue more than 90 days after private disclosure.

The flaw involves AWS IoT certificates, with 673,000 exposed SharkNinja devices observed in one AWS region.

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[โ€“] comador@lemmy.world -2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

When you get to that point, you really need to just hire someone and quit fucking around with shitty wifi enabled products.

Edit: Being less obtuse, if you really need such a niche feature, at least block it from having Internet access and restrict it to your LAN as there is sincerely zero reason that cannot be labelled as laziness for needing Internet access on a home appliance.

[โ€“] Zarobi@aussie.zone 3 points 20 hours ago

It's a lot cheaper, at least where I live. It's also way more convenient to just put on the robot vacuum mop thing every few weeks. But you do you man