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Hacked robot vacuums hurl racial slurs at shocked owners, who react with ‘fear, disgust’

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59% Informative

The racist hack attack affected Ecovacs Deebot X2s across several U.S. cities.

Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson said he was watching TV in May when his robo-vacuum started to emit sounds that initially “sounded like a broken-up radio signal or something,” he said.

Then, like a horror movie, the cybernetic cleaner started to move and unleash a stream of obscenities.

It's unclear how many devices were affected or who the perpetrators were.

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49

Informative language

43

Neutral language

17

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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