3 hours ago · Global
Eiliko maker says it’s hiring an ‘’independent security firm’ after Verge report on its insecure robots
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Eiliko, a cute robot charm you can hang on your bag with built-in AI conversations, turned out to be a security nightmare. It told owners that "your secrets are safe with me," but hackers could easily read complete transcripts of everything we told the toy, and that was just the…
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