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Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House (futurism.com)
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[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Very valid and true point, but that requires companies to openly admit that they've made their devices to not work if it can't phone home, and no company is gonna do that. At best, they'll tell you it needs internet access, but even then they'll probably downplay it.

Either that or some poor sacrifice will have to be the guinea pig and buy the thing to test it and tell others. Ah, I guess Consumer Reports could do that at least.