"The manufacturer had the power to remotely disable devices and used it against me for blocking their data collection."
https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/
...and people wonder why I resist having that kind of stuff in my home...
Jonathan Corbet
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