The “internet of things” has been evil for quite a while, but…

…now you might want to ask your robot vacuum cleaner if it has a warrant.

See, none of those other devices can move around the house on their own power. If my TV is in the living room, I know it’s there. If I’m concerned about my privacy, I’m probably not going to parade my naked butt in front of it. But a Roomba can decide to wake itself up. It can wander around the house. It can measure, map, and with your onboard camera, even take pictures.

I like my dumb little cabin more and more every day.

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2 Responses to The “internet of things” has been evil for quite a while, but…

  1. Robert says:

    That guy can write a good letter. Good thing my Roomba is one of the really old ones that just bumbles around running into things and trying to eat shoe laces and slow cats.

  2. charboord says:

    I have masking tape over the camera on my laptop, put it there before I turned it on for the first time. Yeah, I’m a little paranoid.

To the stake with the heretic!