I’m looking for a vacuum robot preferably under 500€ and with a cleaning station. My main concern is that most robot vacuum providers seem to need to be connected to the internet. Are there any providers that either don’t need that, where I can block the internet connection or any other way not getting a spy in my home? I’m fine with it if some work is needed
“I’m looking for a privacy respecting vacuum robot” must be one of the most dystopian sentences I’ve read in quite some time.
I mean there is no lack of dystopian stuff going around these days. But if you imagine someone saying that 30 years ago, that someone would have conceivably ended up in a lunatic asylum. In 2024 however, it’s a perfectly valid and a-propos question.
What a sad, sad world we live in…
“I’m looking for a privacy respecting vacuum robot” must be one of the most dystopian sentences I’ve read in quite some time.
I think this one is just as good:
Philips changes terms after the sale: requires data-sharing account to use a light bulb…
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2j-r3pmng (Louis Rossman)
OTOH, “I’d like a TB that doesn’t show me its own ads” would’ve been perfectly predictable.
People were predicting it as soon as devices other than computers started connecting to the internet. Maybe even before that.
I think your best option is to find a used one that supports valetudo
Damn, thats a pretty short list of supported models
The problem is that they are closed off systems; you need to do full on reverse engineering to even understand what you are dealing with; plus there is the fact that these appliances are expensive and, unlike people modding consoles, there isn’t mutch gained for the majority of users
Thanks a lot, that pretty much what I was looking for
No problem; do note that in most cases you are going to need to open the vacuum to access the serial interface; so make sure you are comfortable with doing that and that you have the necessary adapters… That last one bit me on numerous projects
Never knew this was a thing. Going to try it on my roborock, appreciate the link.
I might get into robot vacuums again, thank you very much!
I use a Dreametech L10 Pro with Valetudo and absolutely love it!
It is quite nice to be able to map your whole house for the vacuum in your own cloud rather provide a 3rd party that data.
I’d definitely recommended valetudo, but wanted to mention that eufy has some easily repairable non WiFi vacs that work reasonably well with no smart features. Eufy has a rough track record regarding privacy with their other smart products but can’t spy without a connection.
Check out valetudo https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
Broom
Roomba is an anagram for “a broom”
I thought it was an anagram for “Robo Ma”
This has got to be the most boring dystopia thing I’ve ever read (so far).
There’s a community for this. https://lemmy.world/c/aboringdystopia
You could get one of the older models where they don’t connect to the internet and instead just bumble around bumping into stuff until the place is clean
not the answer you are looking for, but maybe interesting nonetheless… https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11943-sucking_dust_and_cutting_grass_reversing_robots_and_bypassing_security
Remind me in 1 day
nope. reminding you now
Good bot
Why don’t you get a shark vacuum cleaner. Honesty those make vacuuming kinda fun( it even has headlights!). You can stick some headphones on, listen to some music you like, and you even get some exercise! And you can still vacuum when the WiFi goes out!
Now if you’re disabled or something I understand the need for a robot, but otherwise you could save a ton of money, get exercise, and have zero privacy concerns.
