Sucking up dirt: A prankster is targeting Chinese-made robot vacuums inside American homes. A Minnesota lawyer’s Ecovacs Deebot X2 app showed someone accessing the live camera feed, then racial slurs and a few f-bombs blasted through the speaker. In Los Angeles, another vacuum chased an owner’s dog. Ecovacs says to change your password. I say you should do a factory reset and toss your Ecovacs. This Roomba is on sale.
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