Disney, And Your Roomba, Are Spying On You

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Wishbone

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When I arrived home early last friday, I found the Roomba parked in front of the TV.

I didn't hear anything but I'm sure they're up to something.

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Lurk

Lurk

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I will be happy to let our Roomba send the map of crap my wife has scattered around the house as long as it sends the stuff to e-Bay who's responsible for all this junk in the first place. Seriously, the Roomba needs permission to log onto my Wi-Fi network before it can spy on me. It's only got Bluetooth capability which gets turned off in this household when nobody's home.
 
GWguy

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Lurk said:
It's only got Bluetooth capability which gets turned off in this household when nobody's home.
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But during the time that bluetooth is enabled, I assume to your phone, the map is uploaded to the phone and the app transmits it. Your phone is the comm device. The Roomba doesn't have to hit the wifi itself.

I chose to get a Roomba with no remote control, no bluetooth or wifi.
 
b23hqb

b23hqb

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GWguy said:
But during the time that bluetooth is enabled, I assume to your phone, the map is uploaded to the phone and the app transmits it. Your phone is the comm device. The Roomba doesn't have to hit the wifi itself.

I chose to get a Roomba with no remote control, no bluetooth or wifi.
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Are they available, and if they are, will you even know what is actually in there? I sure don't know.
 
Toxick

Toxick

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your smart tv .... I am sure Comcast and Verizon log what TV shows you watch
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I know for a fact they do.
They told me so during a service call.

Well, least Verizon did. I can't see Comcast having a different policy in that regard.

They're not being sneaky about it.





I'm sure that more than one Verizon personnel as made a joke to their coworkers about how much porn I watch.
 
stgislander

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b23hqb said:
Are they available, and if they are, will you even know what is actually in there? I sure don't know.
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I'm finding this whole IoT revolution in one's home disturbing. I draw the line at my computers and television. Hell, I heard on WTOP the other day where a group of Finnish hackers, hacked a "smart fish tank" to gain access to a casino somewhere here in the US.
 
GWguy

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b23hqb said:
Are they available, and if they are, will you even know what is actually in there? I sure don't know.
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Are what available? Roombas with no comm? Yes. Only the higher end models have connectivity. And if you don't use a phone app or give it permission to access your (hopefully) password protected wifi, no way for it to upload it's data.
 
GWguy

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stgislander said:
I'm finding this whole IoT revolution in one's home disturbing. I draw the line at my computers and television. Hell, I heard on WTOP the other day where a group of Finnish hackers, hacked a "smart fish tank" to gain access to a casino somewhere here in the US.
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After working in IT for 30+ years, I choose to go as dark as I can. I'm not going to make it easy to be spotted. No sat or cable, just a one-way antenna for incoming signals. No smart (connected) appliances. My home video security system has the ability to allow me to connect to it from a remote location so i can watch and get alerts, but I've never enabled that. If I can get in, so can someone else, and can see I'm not home. Way too easy to hack those new personal home security cameras, wireless front door locks, etc....
 
Lurk

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GWguy said:
But during the time that bluetooth is enabled, I assume to your phone, the map is uploaded to the phone and the app transmits it. Your phone is the comm device. The Roomba doesn't have to hit the wifi itself.

I chose to get a Roomba with no remote control, no bluetooth or wifi.
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Dude, do you even know how Bluetooth works?
 
Lurk

Lurk

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GWguy said:
No. No clue. Enlighten me. I retired as a computer systems analyst with a strong background in secure data communications, so I really don't know squat.
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You must have retired before the concept of pair-connect was invented, right?
 
itsbob

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And people can read everything you post in here.. on Facebook.. AOL.. texts.. and see who you're talking to.

Disney does it for sure.
 
BOP

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Toxick said:
I know for a fact they do.
They told me so during a service call.

Well, least Verizon did. I can't see Comcast having a different policy in that regard.

They're not being sneaky about it.





I'm sure that more than one Verizon personnel as made a joke to their coworkers about how much porn I watch.
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Midget porn! Winning!
 
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