Are there any robot vacuums/mops that respect privacy; that don’t map your house and phone home with the information?

  • @cantsurf@lemm.ee
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    911 months ago

    Bruh, just don’t give it your WiFi password.

    They don’t have their own cell phone plans or satellite uplinks.

    • @Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world
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      2911 months ago

      Many of them can only be controlled from a smartphone app that requires both the phone and the robot to access the cloud. ☹️

      • @cantsurf@lemm.ee
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        411 months ago

        Yikes. I hadn’t realized. I had a great neato robot that was totally offline. The new version wants to be controlled through your phone. F that.

        • PupBiru
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          211 months ago

          the apps do provide significant benefits… it’s not just “because data”

          • @cantsurf@lemm.ee
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            311 months ago

            It’s just frustrating that companies make these nice and helpful apps, and then they pretty much always try to invade your privacy if you use them.

            • PupBiru
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              211 months ago

              oh for sure! that part is totally BS when you’ve bought the product already