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As Valve fights RAM shortages to ship its Steam Machine console and a wave of new gaming handhelds floods the market, a parallel crisis is unfolding: the devices filling our homes are dangerously insecure. The DJI Romo robovac hack — where a hobbyist accidentally commandeered 7,000 units across 24 countries — is only the most vivid example of an industry that ships fast and patches later, even as the EU's Cyber Resilience Act begins forcing manufacturers to take security seriously.