Japanese robot hotel chain ignored repeated warnings that its in-room “bed-facing” robots could be turned into spy devices

[doctorow]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/23/sorry-for-uneasiness.html

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[Tribune]

Does it move or is it just a giant egg with cameras and a display?

[Grey_Devil]

Infect them with code to brick the robots. Problem solved.

Alternatively program them to play Never Gunna Give You Up on repeat at full volume.

[stephen_schenck]

So it’s a screen that can tilt and pan?

That’s playing pretty damn fast and loose with “robot.”

[gracchus]

And thus, a new Japanese fetish was born.

[Neovison.vison]

Fun fact: the “Henn” of “Henn na Hotel” (変) is the same “hen” as in “hentai”!

[thomasta]

Feature, not bug

[DonatellaNobody]

@doctorow

these robots turn out to be incredibly insecure

I’ll stick with the type of bedroom robots I don’t have to constantly reassure.

[Grey_Devil]