Eiliko maker says it’s hiring an ‘independent security firm’ after Verge report on its insecure robots
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Consumer AI hardware that logs intimate conversations but ships without basic security is now a reputational and regulatory tripwire, not just a bad look. If you’re putting a mic, camera, or LLM into a toy or gadget, third-party security review needs to be a pre-launch line item, not a crisis response.
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