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Re:Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to th... by tareqak on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:55PM (#14843086)
Other submissions: 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842679

http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-...

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842705 (this thread)

http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-...

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842822

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/24/16021610/irobot-roomba-ho...

Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be up for sale

Other sources: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-irobot-strategy-idUSKBN1A...

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

(Techmeme headline for the above: Roomba vacuum maker iRobot hopes to sell its users' floor plan data, seeking deals with Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet (I couldn't submit this Reuters source to HN).

Edit: formatting

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Re:Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to th... by Anatidae on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:45PM (#14844112)
As a blind cat burglar, this is really helpful.

On a side note, anyone know of any other appliance manufacturers selling mapping data for customer's walls. Specifically locations of room safes? Just curious.

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Re:Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to th... by protomyth on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:13PM (#14844551)
I’m sure it will be of great interest when the company that sold me my internet connected garage door opener starts selling my open times.
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Re:Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to th... by freshhawk on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:22PM (#14844872)
I wonder if that software that does room mapping with wifi signals (with 4cm resolution last I heard) would find safes because of their density. Seems likely.
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