"On Friday...Amazon announced the agreement to acquire iRobot, which has immense amounts of data about people’s physical homes, for... approximately $1.7 billion,,, Critics were quick to voice privacy fears about the iRobot purchase: The last thing America and the world needs is 'Amazon vacuuming up even more of our personal information,' according to Robert Weissman, president of consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen. 'This is not just about Amazon selling another device in its marketplace,' he said, in a statement. 'It’s about the company gaining still more intimate details of our lives to gain unfair market advantage and sell us more stuff.' 'With Ring, Alexa and now Roomba, Amazon tracks EVERYTHING that happens inside your house (even who visits you). This is all about getting data on YOU. Google Nest too. Homes were your last data sanctuary as you put your phone down, but not now'..." https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a...-data-sanctuary-11659715276?mod=mw_latestnews
I can sense a disturbance in the force- Track track track and more tracking seems the frantic gadgetry trend anymore. I suppose it depends on the vendor in this case good ole Amazon and how far they want to go to gather loads of New Customers. You might suppose it can go either way how this one pans out.
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