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evilkillerpoptarts:

severalowls:

I’m absolutely not against robits in the home, I think the possibilities are really cool but like… Alright actually, here’s a side by side comparison: 

Alexa can play Skyrim tho

Damn you’re right.

I’m on mobile can somebody add that as a point for Roomba.

here you go

Roomba creates maps of the inside of your house

You’re like the 400th person to add this so:

This is the outline of my bedroom, with approximate furniture. Information I might not want handed out to the government or corporations or whatever. Not even including dubious terrain like rugs and clutter:

Here’s what a roomba, at floor level, with clutter and obstructions and stuff-under-stuff might be able to ‘map’ as navigable area:

This is completely useless to anybody except people developing robot vaccuums who might want diagnostic data. This isn’t even close to the level of Alexa’s microphone bollocks. Hit Alexa with a hammer, Roomba is… Safe, for now.

I saw the red and blue and my first response was “Roomba is using this sensitive information for GERRYMANDERING purposes”

SWAT team, bursting into your room, having been briefed with detailed Roomba-collected maps: *avoids difficult rug*