it’s only allowed to communicate when actually in use.
What’s the point? The manufacturer is interested in the map of your apartment and usage statistics. What do you think it’s sending when not in use? Does it have a microphone or something?
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
My robot vac will not operate when not connected to the Internet so it’s only allowed to communicate when actually in use. As soon as it returns to the charger the vacuum is immediately blocked via firewall.
Unfortunately the manufacturer has deliberately made this as inconvenient as possible. If communication is blocked for more than a few hours the vacuum loses all maps and will no longer load saved maps from the Tuya app. To use it the vac must be powered down and the app killed. Only then can a saved map be restored.
It’s too bad it’s so useful .
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 day ago
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Since I haven’t pulled it apart or tried to decrypt the ssl traffic so I have no idea whether it has “a microphone or something.” That’s the point.
everett@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Keeping it offline some of the time isn’t effective against passive data collection unless you’re willing to take the inconvenient step of factory-resetting it each time you’re about to use it. Anything it collects it can just hold onto until it next gets the chance to upload.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
SmartTVs will hold onto your data as long as they have storage, even through a factory reset. So if you sell it and the next person hooks it up to the Internet then the data is uploaded.
muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 1 day ago
SSL bold of you to assume that
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Name and shame.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
www.tuya.com/solution/hardware/robot-vacuum