How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook?

Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by anshumankmr on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:49PM (#34060036)

This can be fixed by an app update as they may check each time you open the app whether they have the required permissions or not.

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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by quitit on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:53PM (#34060953)

Turning off “Precise location” can help with those apps, they’ll just get a vague location

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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by anshumankmr on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @12:08AM (#34061783)

I was talking about the parent comment's workaround to disallowing the location access permission after allowing it the first time.

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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by irusensei on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @03:13AM (#34063043)

Pair the roomba with home assistant and you wont need the app at least for day to day activities. Home Assistant is more responsible because its talking direct to the device IP address instead of using cloud retrocombulators.

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Re:How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook? by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:59AM (#34064237)

Didn't Android have a feature at some point where you could opt to supply it with a fake location? Maybe that was 'hacked' Android phones.

Either way, Android (and iOS) should be stricter about these things; apps should work without any permissions. I mean a navigation app without location access won't work very well and permission can be denied by accident, but that can be resolved.

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