Martin (@martinv.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)

Martin Seeger (@[email protected]) **This is a valuable lesson for any manufacturer:** never awaken the nerd sleeping inside your customer, because his wrath shall be terrible. In this case the warning was quite literal. The company annoyed a buyer enough to push him into full blown nerd mode. He tore the product apart, reverse engineered every part, and then published a step by step guide showing exactly how to disable "kill switch" that prevented the use of the product without the vendor spying on the user. What started as a minor grievance became a public, technical exposé that left the maker exposed and embarrassed. **Moral of the story: underestimate your users at your own peril.** [The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me](https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/) https://infosec.exchange/@masek/115452385066637223