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Other submissions: 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842679 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842679 http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-s
by tareqak 9y ago
Other submissions:
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842679 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842679
http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-your-home-to-t-1797187829/amp http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-... (this thread)
Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder
2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842705
http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-your-home-to-t-1797187829 http://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-...
Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder
3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842822 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842822
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/24/16021610/irobot-roomba-homa-map-data-sale https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/24/16021610/irobot-roomba-ho...
Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be up for sale
Other sources:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-irobot-strategy-idUSKBN1A91A5 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-irobot-strategy-idUSKBN1A...
Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home
(Techmeme headline for the above: Roomba vacuum maker iRobot hopes to sell its users' floor plan data, seeking deals with Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet (I couldn't submit this Reuters source to HN).
Edit: formatting
- ColinWright 9y agoIndeed, so this submission was first, but another submission got the attention, comments, and up-votes. Fortune favours the lucky ...
- tareqak 9y agoI commiserate with your plight :P . I do think the points from upvotes are useful as proxy for the latent demand for newsworthy news on the part of members. As such, they should probably be split in some fashion (e.g. weighted).