Summary:
- This article is about a smart vacuum cleaner that was "bricked" or made unusable by the manufacturer after an engineer tried to block it from collecting data.
- The vacuum cleaner was designed to collect data about the user's cleaning habits and send it back to the manufacturer, but the engineer found a way to prevent this data collection.
- In response, the manufacturer remotely disabled the vacuum cleaner, making it unusable for the customer who had purchased it.