Ecovacs robot vacuums, which have been found to suffer from critical #cybersecurity flaws, are collecting photos, videos and voice recordings – taken inside customers' houses – to train the company's #ai models.
@hrheingold If only there were some way to have known that the most obvious thing would happen!
@Klaxun @hrheingold They’re so noisy there’s little chance of capturing intelligent conversation but the shame of someone exposing dirty shoes and floors is there for nefarious purposes.
@AAA365a @hrheingold I for one would like to know why a vacuum cleaner needs a microphone at all.
@bhtooefr @hrheingold @AAA365a Detecting faults sounds like a great idea to me, but I wonder if they are doing that with them?
@hrheingold it's a Single White Female roommate! I mean, I assume it also takes calls and texts from your family and friends, shreds paper mail that might encourage you to leave the house, and orders your favorite meals to enjoy at home. Alone. With your robot vacuum.
@kingtor @hrheingold Just as well it can’t do stairs really.
@AAA365a
It can't even cross carpet to mop floors. Unless your tiles are right where it lives, it's useless.
@hrheingold I think I’ll try robbing a bank - then just claim I’m training my AI model if I’m caught. No vacuum needs those data points.
@hrheingold This #ai shit has really gotten out of hand.
@hrheingold omg. It’s constant. I want nothing digital anymore.
@hrheingold smart homes: people living in their own cells...
@hrheingold suddenly my 2013 Roomba, which lacks a WiFi module, is looking pretty great.
At the beginning I started thinking "Mhh, ok, that is bad, but this is known since about one year, why do they inform us again now?", then: "Wtf, they did not fix this even if they knew about that for a year?" and then: "Aaah! They don't want to fix this. It's not a vulnerability. It is a feature, built in with the intention to have the possibility to spy everywhere".
It's good that potential buyers get informed. :)