I’m considering buying a robot vacuum cleaner, but I’m not a fan of the idea that it would scan my apartment and send data to the cloud.

I came across the Valetudo project, and it looks promising. It doesn’t replace the firmware - just replaces the cloud connection with local automation systems instead. Has anyone here used it? Or are you using something else for local control? I’d love to hear your experience 🙂

  • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’ve heard of some people jailbreaking their roombas but it requires messing with the hardware iirc, but it didn’t sound as hard as jailbreaking a smart TV.

    • Mike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.comEnglish
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      5 days ago

      When I last checked, it didn’t seem difficult to flash my Dreametech L10s Ultra, but there was a step where if you didn’t get it done within X seconds, you brick your vacuum. No idea if that’s accurate, but didn’t want to risk a $1000 vacuum on it, so I sadly still use it connected to cloud (because I want to use mapping functionality).