Roomba Roomba cha-cha- cha

September, 26 2017 Fran Klasinski Security

Is your vaccum spying on you? Because that would suck

Is it a smart home iRobot Roomba?

Thanks to an Avast blog article by Gonzalo Torres last August, the knowledge that these smart chip appliances can tell the world all about you is no joke.

In a discussion about smart appliances, I found out that if you own a smart television, you shut it off at the box first then the shut off button and leave the tv and box pointing at one another for a few minutes. Danger over.

These cool dudes are picturing information about your home while they do their job. Your Roomba in particular as it strolls around picking up dust.

iRobot, makers of the home cleaning robot Roomba, are busy making a deal with big box retailers to share what they call the 'rich map of the home' of their users with the likes of Amazon, Apple and Google's parent company, Alphabet.

'Hackers in particular as Your robot friend is sending data to the cloud through your home WiFi, and if your home WiFi is not properly secured, the potential exists for someone with enough tech-savvy to get him- or herself a neat map of the contents of your home.'

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I’m Fran, an Ontario‑based internet marketing trainer, copywriter, and blogger with more than two decades of experience helping people build businesses online. Writing has always been my first love, and it continues to shape everything I do—from coaching to content creation.

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I run the gamut from woman to wife, to mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, (In a few months I make the great great-grandmother level). My family is large and my pride and joy. The older they all get, the more it scares me. Do I really have to admit I am getting ahem older?