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God bless these teenage degenerates and their endlessly creative fuckery. They bring more color to the world.

by deepfriedchokes 2y ago

woodrowbarlow 2y ago
... for invading someone's privacy and screaming racist obscenities in their home? i vehemently disagree.
- Rygian 2y ago
  Consider the alternatives. Anyone else exploiting such a vulnerability would have worse intentions.
  - mordechai9000 2y ago
    Perhaps, but it is possible to be a merry prankster and not use it as a way to spread hatred.
    - hulitu 2y ago
      > Perhaps, but it is possible to be a merry prankster and not use it as a way to spread hatred. Not a as way to spread hatred, no. As a way to spread love, uploading your naked pictures/videos on porn sites. /s
- guestbest 2y ago
  I use a robot vacuum not connected to the internet. It has a remote and the same settings as an internet connected robot vacuum such as radial pattern, along edges, spot clean, etc. I hope it spurs people to consider these kinds of tools that don’t need to be connected to the internet to function over tools that don’t have a local/offline mode.
- beAbU 2y ago
  Getting racist slurs yelled at me by my robot vacuum is arguably the best outcome imaginable if someone hacked it.
- hulitu 2y ago
  > ... for invading someone's privacy and screaming racist obscenities in their home? i vehemently disagree. "someone's privacy" was already raped by the company selling the product. If a random kid can see in your house, everybody can see. "I have nothing to hide" i suppose./s
- woodrowbarlow 2y ago
  this whole subthread is upsetting. horrifying to see HN glorify the antagonist. the family was made to feel unsafe in their own home. yes, the manufacturer was negligent but that does not make it okay, it just means multiple parties are at fault. don't spin roomba terrorists as do-gooders. this teenage hacker was spreading hate and fear.
marcosdumay 2y ago
More importantly, they are raising consciousness of fundamental problems that can lead to very damaging consequences by doing cheap pranks with trivial consequences.
- deepfriedchokes 2y ago
  Yeah these security holes they exposed were huge! I hope the company gets sued. Lulz are a really cheap bounty program and a lot of kids value the opportunity to be a shitass way more than money.

God bless these teenage degenerates and their endlessly creative fuckery. They bring more color to the world.

woodrowbarlow 2y ago

... for invading someone's privacy and screaming racist obscenities in their home? i vehemently disagree.

Rygian 2y ago
Consider the alternatives. Anyone else exploiting such a vulnerability would have worse intentions.
- mordechai9000 2y ago
  Perhaps, but it is possible to be a merry prankster and not use it as a way to spread hatred.
  - hulitu 2y ago
    > Perhaps, but it is possible to be a merry prankster and not use it as a way to spread hatred. Not a as way to spread hatred, no. As a way to spread love, uploading your naked pictures/videos on porn sites. /s
guestbest 2y ago
I use a robot vacuum not connected to the internet. It has a remote and the same settings as an internet connected robot vacuum such as radial pattern, along edges, spot clean, etc. I hope it spurs people to consider these kinds of tools that don’t need to be connected to the internet to function over tools that don’t have a local/offline mode.
beAbU 2y ago
Getting racist slurs yelled at me by my robot vacuum is arguably the best outcome imaginable if someone hacked it.
hulitu 2y ago
> ... for invading someone's privacy and screaming racist obscenities in their home? i vehemently disagree. "someone's privacy" was already raped by the company selling the product. If a random kid can see in your house, everybody can see. "I have nothing to hide" i suppose./s
woodrowbarlow 2y ago
this whole subthread is upsetting. horrifying to see HN glorify the antagonist. the family was made to feel unsafe in their own home. yes, the manufacturer was negligent but that does not make it okay, it just means multiple parties are at fault. don't spin roomba terrorists as do-gooders. this teenage hacker was spreading hate and fear.

marcosdumay 2y ago

More importantly, they are raising consciousness of fundamental problems that can lead to very damaging consequences by doing cheap pranks with trivial consequences.

deepfriedchokes 2y ago
Yeah these security holes they exposed were huge! I hope the company gets sued. Lulz are a really cheap bounty program and a lot of kids value the opportunity to be a shitass way more than money.