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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by rightbyte on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @10:39AM (#23832484)
At least a human cleaner wouldn't spy on you by default.
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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by ansible on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:02AM (#23832748)
Given the proliferation of always-on microphones in people's homes (Google Nest, Amazon Alexa, etc), I'd say we're not avoiding the spying issues...
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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by rightbyte on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:31AM (#23833110)
Well you can not have those if you don't like eavesdropping. A cleaning lady is atleast something you notice might hear you and she wont use the data to decide my credit rating.

A safe assumtion is that all IoT devices spy on you. I wonder how much longer there actually are robot vacuum cleaners that are safely offline for sale with full functionality.

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