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Re:New Roomba Has Persistent Maps, Selective Room Cleaning, ... by LeftTurnSignal on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:40PM (#17927505)
My take on their comment was that they do have a separate wifi connection that is just their phone, vacuum device and an access point with no internet on any of them that is physically separate from the rest of their network.

I'm with you though. No way would I EVER get anything like that that connected to the internet. I can't think of any benefits that would remotely come close to justifying that behavior.

Even if it meant insurance would drop to $0, one "leak" and anyone with a bit of resources can get a nice up to date map of your house, when you're around, what lights are on, when their on, etc. It would be much worse than that site that scarfed social media and documented when people were on vacation, left the house or whatever.

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Re:New Roomba Has Persistent Maps, Selective Room Cleaning, ... by flyinghamster on Thursday September 06, 2018 @01:19PM (#17927769)
> I'm with you though. No way would I EVER get anything like that that connected to the internet. I can't think of any benefits that would remotely come close to justifying that behavior.

Next up: it'll just connect to 4G. I hope that doesn't happen, but it just seems all too likely.

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Re:New Roomba Has Persistent Maps, Selective Room Cleaning, ... by mikejb on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:42AM (#17932120)
Im hoping not, since it's more expensive in manufacturing, and people who go through the trouble of not having their Roomba on the internet are more edge cases than normal customers. Plus consumer watchdogs and privacy groups will start to get on your nerves.
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