BY FROMA HARROP Privacy advocates cried in protest after a report that the maker of the Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner, will sell maps of customers’ homes to third parties. Investors, on the other hand, shouted buy orders for the company’s stock. Data has become the gold nugget buried in things and services connected to the internet. A Roomba, for example, could note the presence of toys on the floor – useful information for a […]

Privacy Hits The Dust: Data-Collecting Vacuum Cleaners
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