Episode 574 May 15, 2026
Backdoors, Bots, and Baby Monitors
with Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson
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!
Show Notes
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- 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
Projects discussed