Overview
- Harishankar Narayan says his iLife A11 transmitted telemetry and Google Cartographer floor maps to company servers without consent.
- After he blocked the device’s data uploads by IP, the vacuum stopped functioning, and a repair center ultimately declined further service.
- An exposed Android Debug Bridge port granted instant root access, revealing logs, configuration files and unencrypted Wi‑Fi credentials.
- Device logs recorded an "RS_CTRL_REMOTE_EVENT" at the failure point; reversing the command restored operation, which he interprets as a kill switch.
- His blog and subsequent tech coverage recommend isolating smart gadgets on separate networks and favoring local control, with no manufacturer comment included in the reports.