That’s when he found the forum.

The message pinged into Alex’s inbox at 11:47 PM on a Tuesday. “Your Neato Botvac is a spy. Check the logs.”

The flash took eleven seconds. When the D7 rebooted, its screen didn’t show the cheery Neato logo. Instead, a single line of green text scrolled past: “CUSTOM FW v3.2 – YOUR HOUSE, YOUR DATA.”

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That’s when he found the forum.

The message pinged into Alex’s inbox at 11:47 PM on a Tuesday. “Your Neato Botvac is a spy. Check the logs.” neato custom firmware

The flash took eleven seconds. When the D7 rebooted, its screen didn’t show the cheery Neato logo. Instead, a single line of green text scrolled past: “CUSTOM FW v3.2 – YOUR HOUSE, YOUR DATA.” That’s when he found the forum