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		Cyph0n 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges It was a capitalist corporation beholden to demands by domestic law enforcement and intelligence agencies. And just because a corporation is based in China doesn’t automatically make it some kind of government managed communist entity.

margalabargala 12 days ago [–]

If you live in the US, it is better for you if the home robots with microphones are controlled by the US than the US' geopolitical rival.

Cyph0n 12 days ago | [–]

Can you expand on why that’s the case?

Suppose the Chinese gov has access to my robovac data. Given that I reside in the US, how is that worse than ICE having access to my data?

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