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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on October 08, 2009, 09:35:03 AM

Title: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: Admin on October 08, 2009, 09:35:03 AM: Researchers studied the RoboSapien V2, the Rovio, and the Spykee and find a ton of exploitable security flaws. Basically you can log into them through the net and video people . . .

summary here:
https://www.cs.washington.edu/research/security/robots/ (https://www.cs.washington.edu/research/security/robots/)

I haven't read the paper yet:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tdenning/files/papers/ubicomp_robots_authors_copy.pdf (http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tdenning/files/papers/ubicomp_robots_authors_copy.pdf)
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: FrenchyDude on January 03, 2010, 02:10:34 PM: I have :-X

Great paper. One could even argue that this paper gives too many usable details...

Multi-robots attacks could even lead to your home-keys being copied... smart and not impossible!

I wonder if Rovio's upgraded firmware patch the holes (all of them would be surprising).
Oh well, one thing to be done, to check it! ;D

Thx for the link to that paper!
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: Razor Concepts on January 03, 2010, 02:49:11 PM: The movie I, Robot is coming to life!!!
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: FrenchyDude on January 03, 2010, 03:36:03 PM: Yep! And Terminator too... "John?! Is that you?!" :D

The paper also covered the need for standards and rules to let the consumer be aware of the physical possibilities of the robot and its potential security-holes... and the security risks - physical and psychological - that could result from it...

The disclaimer you need to sign prior to purchase your robot, will be the recursing sign of the "robot laws" to follow. :-\
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: SmAsH on January 03, 2010, 04:15:02 PM: Ahh geez, if the world ends in 2012 i've spent my whole life in school >:(
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: z.s.tar.gz on January 05, 2010, 03:06:02 PM: Quote from: SmAsH on January 03, 2010, 04:15:02 PM
Ahh geez, if the world ends in 2012 i've spent my whole life in school >:(
That will be the sole reason to survive and throw off the shackles of robo-oppresion.
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: Soeren on January 05, 2010, 04:09:55 PM: Hi,

Quote from: SmAsH on January 03, 2010, 04:15:02 PM
Ahh geez, if the world ends in 2012 i've spent my whole life in school >:(
You were born and brought up in a school? ;)
Title: Re: how to hack your neighbors toy robot to spy on him
Post by: SmAsH on January 05, 2010, 04:31:52 PM: . . . *sigh*
Well... It was him officer! Thought someone might say that...
I hope we can all see the sarcasm in that.