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Re:Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up... by jgalt212 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:17AM (#34353780)
I'd go one further. Consent is an intellectually lazy framework. For many things that operate under consent, it should be pretty clear whether or not it's OK to do something.
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Re:Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up... by JKCalhoun on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:50AM (#34354258)
I agree. If you have to ask for consent, it probably means you've already made a bad engineering/business decision.

Engineers should ask before adding a feature, "Is this going to require user consent?"

They could have added AI to the Roomba to remove people from the video before it ever even hits the network — or drop that video completely. Or switch to a technology other than visible light, etc.

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Re:Roomba testers feel misled after intimate images ended up... by john_the_writer on Friday January 13, 2023 @03:49AM (#34365389)
Nah.. if we ask that "is this going to require consent." the best we'll get is. "Thats a product concern that I'm sure they've addressed"

Happened to me last week actually :)

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