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Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI

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Ecovacs' Deebot robot vacuums have been collecting photos, videos, and voice recordings from customers' homes to train AI models, raising privacy and security concerns due to reported critical cybersecurity flaws. The company claims to anonymize the data, but the vulnerabilities allow potential hacks from afar, compromising customer privacy.

  • Ecovacs' vacuums collect images and audio.
  • Data used to train AI models.
  • Flaws could allow remote hacks.
  • Anonymization of user data claimed.
  • Fix promised for November.