Why would you consider robot vacuums to be particularly dangerous in terms of security? I’m certainly more weary of things like Google Nest, Amazon Alexa, pet cams, doorbell cams, that sort of thing.
I know that some but not all vacuums have cameras, and I’d assume some might have microphones as well. But in general it doesn’t strike me as inherently more dangerous to one’s privacy.
ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
There are open source solutions for robot vaccums provided you get a compatible robot
valetudo.cloud/pages/
Unfortunately it’s not something the average person’s going to undertake.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’m trying real hard to develop advocacy for this stuff. I think there’s a genuine business to be made helping people use privacy-respecting stuff like this.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
What we need to do is organize and push for a right to privacy rather than work around the system in place.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Por que no los dos?
The reality is tcp/IP was developed without encryption built in. So we’ll always have to look out for ourselves. And there’ll always be bad actors, with government and politicians being top of the list.
Trust, but verify. Do you just go when a light turns green, or do you check and verify other cars running a red first?
I’d rather look out for myself and know where my risks are, than trust that bad actors will follow the law.
DaDragon@kbin.social 10 months ago
The link doesn’t work, but I just found out it’s actually supported on mine! Although I probably won’t mess with it, since I’m not alone here
ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Thanks for the heads up, fixed the link.