Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI

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Oh the interesting part is “our AI could not interpret images of common objects at unusual angles”.<p>Now that’s fascinating - why not? Is computer vision just boring pattern recognition and really does not have “concepts” underlying it - if so 90% of the AI hype is false?<p>There must be several phds in that at least :-)

Just to clarify: The photos and audio collection isn&#x27;t related to the mentioned security flaws. These are two separate issues.<p>&gt; Ecovacs robot vacuums, which have been found to suffer from critical cybersecurity flaws... &gt; An Ecovacs spokesperson confirmed the company uses the data collected as part of its product improvement program to train its AI models.

And what repercussions does a company like that have to fear? None.<p>Legislation worldwide needs to catch up with tech badly.

Is this news anymore?<p>Here&#x27;s a title you can reuse freely for the next decade or so.<p>(Startup&#x2F;public&#x2F;private equity owned) company &lt;IOT device&gt;&#x27;s collect data you don&#x27;t want them collecting, use it for profit to your detriment, and didn&#x27;t bother securing any of it because they don&#x27;t care.

I have one, it comes with a sticker over the camera. I just left it on.

Why does a vacuum cleaner need to connect to the public network?

Tech progress at its finest. I stick to my 90s-made fridge, samey vintage washing machine, non-smart vacuum and non-smart microwave. All solved and sturdy appliances. Cheers.

At least I know I&#x27;m right to avoid anything with a camera on it. You&#x27;re not crazy if they&#x27;re after you. I also try to avoid chinese products, but we all know that&#x27;s not completely possible anymore.