You know the cleaning robots that have been used a lot in our country over the past 2 to 3 years. Autonomous vacuum cleaner brand iRobot, which is offered for sale in our country in various models, for a full $1.7 billion It is preparing to sign an agreement to join Amazon.

‘Why is so much being paid for a robot vacuum cleaner company?’ you may ask. The real reason is not robots or technologies, but the content of these robots. data. If the deal goes through, Amazon will have access to another source of personal data: House plans for iRobot vacuum cleaners.

Shouldn’t you confiscate all our data?

Evan Greer, director of the digital rights nonprofit Fight for the Future, has this to say about Amazon: “People see Amazon as an online shopping platform, but Amazon is really a surveillance company. That’s the core of the business model and that’s what delivers its monopoly power and profits.”

The data Amazon will have with this purchase will be available around the world. millions of houses It means having a map. So Amazon is kind of will know all the way to our homes.

Amazon declined to answer questions about how it would use the iRobot data, but company spokesperson Alexandra Miller said: that the company properly protects customer information issued a statement in which he stated. “Customer trust is something we work hard every day to earn and maintain,” the statement said. statements are included. What do you think? Don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.