@unfazedbeaver to Privacy GuidesEnglish • 11 months agoPrivacy respecting cleaning robots?message-square20arrow-up196file-text
arrow-up196message-squarePrivacy respecting cleaning robots?@unfazedbeaver to Privacy GuidesEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square20file-text
Are there any robot vacuums/mops that respect privacy; that don’t map your house and phone home with the information?
minus-square@Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish29•11 months agoMany of them can only be controlled from a smartphone app that requires both the phone and the robot to access the cloud. ☹️
minus-square@cantsurf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoYikes. 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.
minus-squarePupBirulinkfedilink2•11 months agothe apps do provide significant benefits… it’s not just “because data”
minus-square@cantsurf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoIt’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.
minus-squarePupBirulinkfedilink2•11 months agooh for sure! that part is totally BS when you’ve bought the product already
Many of them can only be controlled from a smartphone app that requires both the phone and the robot to access the cloud. ☹️
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.
the apps do provide significant benefits… it’s not just “because data”
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.
oh for sure! that part is totally BS when you’ve bought the product already