Drone maker DJI will pay $30,000 to a researcher who discovered major security flaws in its robot vacuums. The vulnerabilities allowed remote access to thousands of devices, raising privacy concerns.

Software engineer Sammy Azdoufal only wanted to connect his DJI robot vacuum cleaner to a PlayStation 5 controller.

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.

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Imagine a still room in a London flat, the sudden whirring sound of a robot vacuum. Inside, there is a tiny camera that records every corner. A Spanish software engineer, Sammy Azdoufal, found himself ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...