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Funny you bring that up because Dyson made the first robot vacuum cleaner that does all the AI and computation locally - none of your data going to the cloud and it's a major selling point
Had a look at that, seems like a sort of nope. The ai may be local, but it is still phoning home.
From their own page:
"The robot collects different types of data necessary for operation and service improvement, as outlined in our Privacy Policy. Any data transmitted between the robot’s sensors and our services is encrypted to help ensure customers’ information remains completely secure."
Although they hid it really well. it's the last line of the last question about data collection.
https://www.dysoncanada.ca/en/vacuum-cleaners/robot/spot-scrub-ai/reviews
The majority of consumers are all too eager to be deceived
What is the data, as outlined in the privacy policy?
No idea. You have what i found.
You believe that?
From Dyson? The shittiest company out there IMO when it comes to their product lines, it's like apple but their products are flimsy crap from an engineering perspective (at least apple has solid hardware).
Who would you rank #1 for robot vacuum and similar products, considering the data harvesting in your assessment?
Valetudo or Henry
Valetudo is a custom software, not a hardware provider. Does Henry make robovacs?
10 years ago it was Miele for classic vacuums. Today? Who knows. Robot vacuums? I have no idea, sorry, probably a FOSS DIY.
AFAIK there's one good fully open source DIY project but they haven't finished building the first unit yet