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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums (www.popsci.com)

submitted 2 days ago by AbaixoDeCao@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

if it has cameras, microphones, gps, data mapping capabilities and speaks to a server outside of your home

It has also happened with baby monitors. Well, almost endless other IoT devices too. But baby monitors are a particular issue. They have speakers in them too. Attackers were exploiting it and playing very disturbing sounds to cause extreme distress to babies.

[–] msage@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago

Remember, the S in IoT stands for security.