# Insecure Deebot Vacuums Collect Audio and Photos for AI Training, Raising Privacy Concerns! 🤖

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/insecure-deebot-vacuums-collect-audio-and-photos-for-ai-training-raising-privacy-concerns/292990>\
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**Tags:** tools, privacy\
**Created:** [October 7, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/insecure-deebot-vacuums-collect-audio-and-photos-for-ai-training-raising-privacy-concerns/292990 "2024-10-07T15:40:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/insecure-deebot-vacuums-collect-audio-and-photos-for-ai-training-raising-privacy-concerns/292990/1 "2024-10-07T15:40:50Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Data Collection Practices**  
Ecovacs, the Chinese company behind **Deebot** robot vacuums, has been found to collect **photos** , **videos** , and **voice recordings** from users’ homes to train its AI models, raising significant privacy concerns.

2. **Inadequate User Awareness**  
While users can opt into a product improvement program via the Ecovacs smartphone app, they are not adequately informed about the specific types of data being collected.

3. **Vague Communication**  
The app informs users that data collection will “help us strengthen the improvement of product functions,” but lacks clear links or details about what data will be gathered.

4. **Extensive Privacy Policy**  
Ecovacs’s privacy policy permits broad data collection for research purposes, which includes:

5. **Data Retention Concerns**  
The policy states that even if voice recordings, videos, or photos are deleted via the app, they may still be retained and used by Ecovacs.

**Read more at:** [ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/robot-vacuum-deebot-ecovacs-photos-ai/104416632) | [ABC News on Hacking](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/robot-vacuum-hacked-photos-camera-audio/104414020) | [Ecovacs Privacy Policy](https://gl-us-wap.ecovacs.com/content/agreementNewest/PRIVACY/DEFAULT/DEFAULT)