Manufacturer Remotely Bricks Smart Vacuum After Its Owner Blocked It From Collecting Data

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By EditorDavidNov 2, 2025, 9:34 pm270 ptsTop
"An engineer got curious about how his iLife A11 smart vacuum worked and monitored the network traffic coming from the device," writes Tom's Hardware. "That's when he noticed it was constantly sending logs and telemetry data to the manufacturer — something he hadn't consented to." The user, Harishankar,…

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