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Re:FTC Investigating Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot by MichaelCollins on Monday September 12, 2022 @12:25PM (#32812662)
Do you have neighbors? The Roomba may be able to connect to the internet even if you never give it your wifi password or pair it with your phone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

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Re:FTC Investigating Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot by treis on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:04PM (#32813237)
What does that have to do with requiring location services to configure the app?
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Re:FTC Investigating Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot by MichaelCollins on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:23PM (#32813572)
It means they could eliminate that requirement but it wouldn't be a meaningful improvement to privacy, because the roomba would still know where it is.
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