@MarijaJak
What are you talking about in front of the vacuum cleaner? Most models of vacuum cleaners connect to the Internet, you can control them using an application from your phone, scan the premises and know exactly what, where and when to clean. However, all this additional technology makes them more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Research from the University of Maryland has shown that robotic vacuum cleaners are problematic. The researchers there collected data from the laser navigation system of the vacuum cleaner (it is the system that tells them where they are in the room and prevents them from crashing into things). They analyzed the data, and managed, with the help of several different techniques, to obtain a recording of a conversation and a TV program that took place in the room where the vacuum cleaner was working. This research showed that any device that uses Lidar (a navigation technology that uses laser to measure different distances around the device) can be hacked and used to collect audio recordings, even if it does not have a microphone in it. In translation, your robot vacuum cleaner could eavesdrop on you without you even being aware of it. Namely, most of these smart vacuum cleaners store the maps on which they move in the "cloud", which makes them vulnerable to cyber attacks, and thus your security is endangered.
Also, due to the fact that people work mostly from home due to the whole situation, these vacuum cleaners can become a very efficient tool, both for industrial espionage and for stealing sensitive private data, such as bank data. Just in case, it would be best to have confidential conversations in rooms where there are no smart vacuum cleaners. Still, maybe a robot vacuum cleaner can make our lives easier, but I still prefer those classic vacuum cleaners, because I am convinced that I will clean nicer and better than a robot! `I wish you a nice and pleasant night! I send you a big greeting until tomorrow!` `And see you tomorrow with new topics!` 27.11.2020. Your @MarijaJak
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Even when I measure such a similar vacuum cleaner, there are ebay, they are not very expensive.
Well, I certainly wouldn't buy it, even if its price was similar to that of a classic vacuum cleaner ...
it is very worrying that if someone steals my passwords and my bitcoin cash coins via a smart vacuum cleaner, I will have to behave smarter than a smart vacuum cleaner.
We just have to react smartly and prevent this theft of our own money and privacy ...
we no longer have any privacy for a long time. What a vacuum cleaner does, a phone, a smart tv ...
That's right, smartphones also remember many of our private things ... With the development of technology, we are losing our own privacy ...
as useful as developing technology is, so harmful
Technology has advanced so much, something new comes out every year. I would definitely like to have a vacuum cleaner like this, but unfortunately it is impossible to buy everything
When I see that this kind of technology can have its downsides, I have no desire to have something like that.
Good article. I was thinking of buying a robot vacuum cleaner. I'm giving up!
I am glad that this article helped you make the right purchase decision!
Today I have been in Tehnomanija and asked for cleaner and they recommended me hand vacuum cleaner, simple but very effective, and 10 times cheaper than this robots, and they will never steal your private datas
I agree with you, I also recently bought a vacuum cleaner, and I would never take this robot ...
Smart devices are really awesome, they are helping us a lot, and all that good things that we can hear on the adds fro those devices. But, all the smart things that are collecting data and that have navigation are dangerous for us. They can collect our data and send it to someone far away from us. That is really creepy.
Of course, we do not need in our homes what can abuse our privacy.
So true! I prefer me and my vacuum to clean better than the robot although the robot can do it faster with no sweat!
amazing, but I wouldn't want to have this robot.