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In other depressing IoT news, iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company. Hello cameras and mics in bajillions of homes.

cbsnews.com/news/irobot-bankru…

in reply to BrianKrebs

could be worse, Roomba could be sold to an American or Israeli company
in reply to BrianKrebs

As if being an American company with eyes and ears in millions of homes is better lol.
in reply to the elder sea

Funny how Americans are so naïve and confident on their fellow countrymen while those are selling off their privacy. But alas! They are only scared of the Chinese...

Please read:
wired.com/story/roomba-data-se…

@eldersea @briankrebs

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