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A particularly daring robot vacuum cleaner took pictures of a young woman sitting on the toilet and the pictures then rolled onto Facebook.
The news about the dangerous leak from the iRobot Roomba J7 was discovered earlier in December, and caused the company itself, and other companies that manufacture similar products to check where the unpleasant malfunction was.
The images were taken using a test camera on the home gadget and then sent to Scale Al, a startup that encourages workers around the world to upload images, sound files and video files to train its artificial intelligence technology.
From there, 15 images found their way onto the private message wall of employees at a Venezuelan tech company, MIT Technology Monthly reported.
The problematic image (photo: screenshot, MIT Technology Review)
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The company added that these devices were given to "collectors who paid for them and company employees" who signed agreements that they are aware that any information collected by the drones, including photos and videos, will be sent to the designated company for training purposes.
The 15 photos posted on Facebook were sent along with another 2 million photos shared with the company.
The company also claims that these special devices came with a light that made it clear when the videos were taken and they advised those who owned those devices to "remove anything that would be sensitive from the area where the Roomba works, including children."
However, the company refused to allow people who tried the device to be interviewed.
Colin Engel, CEO of iRobot, said the company "terminated the contract with the service provider that leaked the images, is investigating the matter and is taking steps to prevent similar leaks from any service provider in the future."
Dennis Gies, of Northeastern University, who specializes in In information security, especially in home devices like Amazon's Alexa, he said that independent robots like the Roomba are a problem: "They can drive around your house and you don't have control over them."
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