Ever been run over by a robot? I have — for science!

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Ever been run over by a robot? I have — for science! Yarbo's $5,000 robot lawn mowers have such poor security, thousands upon thousands of them are broadcasting their info, and it's trivial to hack into them, find their GPS coordinates, spy through their cameras, get the owner's Wi-Fi passwords and email addresses, even drive them away, from the other side of the planet. We found actual Yarbo owners exactly where a security researcher told us they would be, and one of them let us demo the entire hack live. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLv Watch The Vergecast on YouTube: https://bit.ly/40RFRkg The Vergecast Podcast: https://bit.ly/3WQDexZ Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr Shop our Verge merch store here: https://bit.ly/4kPCmEc Subscribe to The Verge: https://bit.ly/3FT6n5S Subscribe to The Vergecast on YouTube, new episodes on Tuesday and Friday: https://bit.ly/3I6nJtz If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: https://bit.ly/3ZWTlLs

Published 2026-05-07 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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