Comment by MarkusQ
18 hours ago
> a robot vaccum needs local WiFi
No, it doesn't. Unless it's supposed to spy on you (or "harvest training data") there's no reason it needs to phone home at all (c.f. Roombas).
18 hours ago
> a robot vaccum needs local WiFi
No, it doesn't. Unless it's supposed to spy on you (or "harvest training data") there's no reason it needs to phone home at all (c.f. Roombas).
Well it needs to talk to either a web frontend (internet) or app (bluetooth or wifi). If you're worried about it spying, well, the app could always relay data for it.
Anyway regardless of wifi, bluetooth, or something else there will be a setup process.