Show HN: I emulated Roborock's cloud so my vacuum works without internet

Re:Show HN: I emulated Roborock's cloud so my vacuum works w... by Phineas_here on Monday September 28, 2026 @09:38AM (#49877786)

yea I also found it quite disturbing when i bought a robo vacuum for my house. like I was pretty suspicious about it sending my house data without my consent to the manufacturers. But i didn't think we would be able to do something like this to take matters into our own hands

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Re:Show HN: I emulated Roborock's cloud so my vacuum works w... by Lash-L on Monday September 28, 2026 @10:29AM (#49878586)

Especially with modern vacuums that also have a camera and a mic on them. Probably the most intrusive device you can buy for your house.

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Re:Show HN: I emulated Roborock's cloud so my vacuum works w... by Phineas_here on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @11:25AM (#49910214)

Yeah exactly. I wouldn't want a machine that knows the exact layout, size of my home and tracks what happens inside it. like think about it, if 4 out of 20 houses in a area has a robo vac won't they get very detailed idea of how economy is split and sell this data? based on house sizes and distribution of space. and obv there is no limit to what they can do with cameras and mics

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