Despite the slurs, Mr Swenson was glad that the hackers had announced their presence so loudly.
It would have been much worse, he said, if they had decided to quietly observe his family inside their home.
They could’ve peered through his robot’s camera, and listened through the microphone, without him having the slightest clue.
Who says they didn’t???
Even if Mr Swenson had used the same username and password on other sites, and if those credentials had been leaked online, that still should not have been enough to access the video feed or to control the robot remotely.
These features are supposed to be protected by a four-digit PIN.The PIN code was only checked by the app, rather than by the server or robot.
Despite the slurs, Mr Swenson was glad that the hackers had announced their presence so loudly. It would have been much worse, he said, if they had decided to quietly observe his family inside their home. They could’ve peered through his robot’s camera, and listened through the microphone, without him having the slightest clue.
Who says they didn’t???
Even if Mr Swenson had used the same username and password on other sites, and if those credentials had been leaked online, that still should not have been enough to access the video feed or to control the robot remotely. These features are supposed to be protected by a four-digit PIN. The PIN code was only checked by the app, rather than by the server or robot.
I don’t even…