sbv@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoMatic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacymaticrobots.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkMatic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacymaticrobots.comsbv@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·8 months agoEh. That doesn’t prevent anything if the unit itself still connects to the internet somehow (looking at you, Wyze). You really just need to make sure the unit doesn’t and can’t get online. Very few of those out there.
minus-squarenavi@lemmy.tespia.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months agoThat’s why you flash the vacuum with a custom firmware! https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
minus-squarefolkrav@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoFirst two sentences of that readme: Valetudo is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation. It is not a custom firmware.
minus-squarenavi@lemmy.tespia.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoDoh! My bad. It isn’t custom firmware but it does install software on top of the existing firmware onboard which is pretty slick.
minus-squareYou999@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoAnd that is why VLANs are amazing. Can’t phone home if it can’t connect to the internet.
minus-squareNyfure@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoUntil it outright refuses to work without its cloud connection
Eh. That doesn’t prevent anything if the unit itself still connects to the internet somehow (looking at you, Wyze).
You really just need to make sure the unit doesn’t and can’t get online. Very few of those out there.
That’s why you flash the vacuum with a custom firmware!
https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
First two sentences of that readme:
Doh! My bad.
It isn’t custom firmware but it does install software on top of the existing firmware onboard which is pretty slick.
And that is why VLANs are amazing. Can’t phone home if it can’t connect to the internet.
Until it outright refuses to work without its cloud connection