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Hacking your robot vacuum (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A Verge story on hacking your robot vacuum so it doesn't phone home.

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[–] ioslife@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is awesome, but a $600 vacuum isn’t

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I have hardwood floors and haven't vacuumed in three years. It can mop, and even the fucking corners are clean, they're that good now. I'd pay $600 a year to never vacuum again.