Robot vacuums can allow bad actors into your home

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Researchers have discovered a new way for bad actors to listen to homeowners’ private conversations by hacking into their robot vacuums. Robot vacuums, such as Roombas, use smart sensors to autonomously operate. Attackers hack into the targets vacumes using the LiDAR smart sensors, with researchers thus giving the attacks the name “LidarPhone”. LiDAR stands for […]

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