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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by Cyph0n on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:17AM (#46276472)
It was a capitalist corporation beholden to demands by domestic law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

And just because a corporation is based in China doesn’t automatically make it some kind of government managed communist entity.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by margalabargala on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:14PM (#46278960)
If you live in the US, it is better for you if the home robots with microphones are controlled by the US than the US' geopolitical rival.
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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by Cyph0n on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:27PM (#46280115)
Can you expand on why that’s the case?

Suppose the Chinese gov has access to my robovac data. Given that I reside in the US, how is that worse than ICE having access to my data?

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