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- 1Robotic Vacuums Emerging as Legal Witnesses and Privacy Concerns▼Your Robotic Vacuum is a Witness: What Home Robots Mean for Evidence, Privacy and the Law
Home robots such as robotic vacuum cleaners are increasingly being treated as potential sources of evidence in legal cases, raising questions about privacy and surveillance inside private homes. Commentators argue that devices mapping floor plans, recording audio or logging activity could be subpoenaed, and that laws have not kept pace with how much data these household gadgets collect.