Google Cartographer huh...

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[–] 45 points 10 months ago (1 child)

This should surprise no one. Didn't some roomba contractors already get caught wanking to the camera feed a while ago?

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The offending company is iLife and the product is the A11 vacuum robot.

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago

    the data collection is all but expected these days.. what should be the headline is the remote kill switch the manufacturer used on the guy's device... repeatedly.

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago

    https://valetudo.cloud/

    That site will tell you how to hack many models of robot vacuum cleaner to not phone home.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago

    There's no reason a robot vacuum should be even connecting to the internet

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, homeboy clicked accept on a mile-long ToS. He should know this!

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If the Privacy Policy is anything besides "Absolutely NO tracking" I'm cautious. If it requires an always on internet connection, it's not for me unless it's a router that supports custom firmware.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    It's a crime that Stanislaw Lem did not live to see this

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