Sammy Azdoufal just wanted to steer his DJI Romo with a gaming controller.
  • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    5 days ago

    But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug

    I feel like “bug” is doing a looot of heavy lifting here.

      • herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        5 days ago

        Is it a bug though in this case? To me a bug is when a program behaves in a way that’s not intended. This might very well be a case of the program behaving exactly as intended, except the intentions of the people who made it were wrong.

        • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          An online service is a program (or a bunch of program).

          Giving access when it’s not supposed to falls into behaving in a way that’s not intended.

          Therefore, an online service giving access when it’s not supposed to can be classified as a program behaving in a way that’s not intended.

          Thus, this case fits into your very definition.

  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    18·
    5 days ago

    [the robot vacuum] retails for around $2,000 and is roughly the size of a large terrier or a small fridge

    Doing everyhing possible to avoid actual dimensions as always.

    What size is a ‘small fridge’ anyway??