Episode 574 - Backdoors, Bots, and Baby Monitors

On this week’s show: Ubiquiti doubles down with a new UniFi NVR and a major Protect 7.1 update, Unraid ditches the USB stick (finally) with internal boot, and smart vacuums are getting weirder, Blink goes 2K on a budget, Yarbo promises to close its mower’s backdoor, the FBI is resetting routers, and over a million cameras were alarmingly open to hackers. All of this, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!

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Show Notes

• HomeTech Headlines
  • Network Video Recorder G2 Pro - Ubiquiti Store United States - store.ui.com
  • Welcome to Protect 7.1 - blog.ui.com
  • Eufy’s New Robovac Combines Matter and a Built-in Fragrance Module - homekitnews.com
  • These new Roombas are smaller and cheaper | The Verge - theverge.com
  • Blink bumps its budget buzzer to 2K | The Verge - theverge.com
  • The FBI may have reset your wireless router; if so, you should replace it - 9to5mac.com
  • A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers | The Verge - theverge.com
  • Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower | The Verge - theverge.com
• Unraid | Unraid 7.3.0 Stable Now Available - unraid.net