First, just the evergrowing tracking of everything, it's just unwholesome in general.

Second, why assume a random Chinese tech company will manage to keep this information to themselves? I wouldn't exactly bet against some terabytes of videos appear on some torrent indexer. Now, combine with modern AI tools for sifting for what you are interested in, and it might hit closer to home for someone.

>>Second, why assume a random Chinese tech company will manage to keep this information to themselves?

I never assumed American companies kept this data to themselves so nothing has changed in that regard.

What I don't get is why people buy robots that carry microphones, lidars and cameras AND connect to the Internet.

I don't really care if the camera is American or Chinese, I just don't want a camera/mic in my home that I don't control. And yeah, the smartphone counts but it's a lot harder not to have one.

An employee of that company sells footage of you to a scam center. They then blackmail you.

The Chinese aren't the ones running massive scam orgs backed by their government. They're bust teaching up and innovating on a massive scale.

The scammers would be in India, backed by their government. They are kindly doing the needful /sarcasm

> The Chinese aren't the ones running massive scam orgs backed by their government. They're bust teaching up and innovating on a massive scale. The scammers would be in India, backed by their government.

That's patently false. The "Indian Govt" isn't behind any scams any more than a random Sheriff abusing his power is a spokesperson for the White House - and that's generously assuming there are politicians with vested interests behind these, which I haven't seen anything to suggest.

Unfortunately you are wrong. Most scam centres are Chinese owned, though they are usually based in other countries, e.g. Myanmar or Cambodia.

There were various in depth investigations by media and law enforcement across countries, here is a US source

https://www.uscc.gov/research/chinas-exploitation-scam-cente... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/asia/scam-centers-m... https://apnews.com/article/asian-scam-operations-cybercime-f...

German source https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-china-clamping-down-on-scammers...

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Etc

Assuming an efficient market it'll eventually be sold to a local burglar. Also, I imagine ICE might be interested in a list of homes where something besides English was spoken. Also there are those email scams that claim to have video of you doing something embarrassing, but usually don't. Given the trajectory of AI, their claims might start being true.