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That's the great thing about having a market and the ability to share this information. You go ahead and buy the Roomba, and I'll just avoid them all together.

That's the great thing about having a market and the ability to share this information. You go ahead and buy the Roomba, and I'll just avoid them all together. It's fine. But I'm glad to know that this was on the cards, and plan to vote with my pocket and not buy products that intend to do something like this. I hate to sound alarmist, but as our world grows increasingly connected, I tend to be a bit cautious as to why I'm giving up this data and for what benefit. I see stories like this (https://carpeaqua.com/2017/07/07/hack-the-planet/ https://carpeaqua.com/2017/07/07/hack-the-planet/) and wouldn't have thought before that my PayPal accounts or other financial information could be at risk because of an AT&T issue, but some criminal was smart and exploited the weak link here. I don't have any idea as to how criminals in the future will exploit my personal house data in order to steal from me, but just in case they find a way, I'd rather not offer up that data because "who cares".

alekratz 9y ago
> I don't have any idea as to how criminals in the future will exploit my personal house data in order to steal from me, ... Floor plans are quite useful for staging a burglary.
- netfire 9y ago
  It seems like you could get a basic idea of what rooms are where just by looking the exterior of the house using satellite images, street view, or driving by a house. Also if your house has ever been listed for sale, there's likely pictures of the interior out on the web as well. Would the robot-generated maps provide much additional information to thieves?
- slg 9y ago
  Which is likely already available publicly along with many of the other things people are pointing out like square footage of a home. And maybe you live in a much bigger place than I do, but a burglar isn't going to be planning to rob me like they are planning to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. My house isn't that complicated, you don't need to spend much time planning when you can deduce a floor plan pretty quickly. It also isn't like a Roomba created floor plan would have any idea on where in my house the valuables are stored.

alekratz 9y ago

> I don't have any idea as to how criminals in the future will exploit my personal house data in order to steal from me, ... Floor plans are quite useful for staging a burglary.

netfire 9y ago
It seems like you could get a basic idea of what rooms are where just by looking the exterior of the house using satellite images, street view, or driving by a house. Also if your house has ever been listed for sale, there's likely pictures of the interior out on the web as well. Would the robot-generated maps provide much additional information to thieves?
slg 9y ago
Which is likely already available publicly along with many of the other things people are pointing out like square footage of a home. And maybe you live in a much bigger place than I do, but a burglar isn't going to be planning to rob me like they are planning to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. My house isn't that complicated, you don't need to spend much time planning when you can deduce a floor plan pretty quickly. It also isn't like a Roomba created floor plan would have any idea on where in my house the valuables are stored.