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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by brookst on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:03PM (#34059093)
That’s really annoying but can’t you use use the “while using the app” permission? Or do they insist on “Always”.

And I am not sure I buy the “anyone who does one bad thing will necessarily do all of the bad things” view.

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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by huhtenberg on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:14PM (#34059203)
Why would I want them to know where I live? It's just a thing that sucks dirt of my floor.

And that's without getting into why it must have an Internet connection (to enable a large chunk of its functionality). It has a Bluetooth, it is perfectly capable of talking to the smartphone using it, but it can't be controlled that way.

Re: bad thing - not a "bad thing" per se, just a very cavalier attitude, which is as troubling.

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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by geraldwhen on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:22PM (#34059290)
Bluetooth won’t cover my whole house, but wifi can. It’s a heck of a lot easier and cheaper to route through the internet.
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