[hilbert42]

"Nobody expects the spanish inquisition…"

Why not? They bought roving cameras that surveil their homes and connected them to internet servers they neither own nor control.

They obviously don't give a shit about privacy or they've room-temperature IQs.

[iSnow]

Ordinary users don't know. They bought a robo-vac, they do not necessarily know it comes with a microphone or camera.

I work in tech, I never thought about buying one, so I never looked into them. Still, I am surprised they come with microphones.

[hilbert42]

IoT, internet privacy, spyware, etc. have been repeatedly in the news ad nauseam since about 2000. If they don't know by now where have they been for the past quarter century?

The first and most obvious question an owner should ask "why does a vacuum cleaner need to talk with the internet?" It's hard to have sympathy for people who go out of their way to act dumb.

[account42]

They should know though. It's a disgrace that school doesn't teach people basic things like the implications of giving a commercial device in your home internet access.

[ninalanyon]

> Still, I am surprised they come with microphones.

Me too, what are they for?