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Open-source exploits promise a fully offline, private robot vacuum
Original: Your robovac is a privacy nightmare, but these open-source exploits can make it fully offline and private
Robot vacuums collect detailed home maps and app-connected data, prompting renewed criticism of their privacy practices. A new write-up highlights open-source exploits and firmware workarounds that let owners cut their devices off from the cloud entirely, so the vacuum keeps working while sending no data to manufacturers.
Why now: Growing concern about smart home devices secretly collecting data on users is driving interest in ways to make them private.
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