sbv@sh.itjust.works to PrivacyEnglish · 1 year agoMatic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacymaticrobots.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down126file-text
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minus-squarenoodlejetski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down3·1 year agoooooor use whatever brand and model is compatible with Home Assistant
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoEh. That doesn’t prevent anything if the unit itself still connects to the internet somehow (looking at you, Wyze). You really just need to make sure the unit doesn’t and can’t get online. Very few of those out there.
minus-squarenavi@lemmy.tespia.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s why you flash the vacuum with a custom firmware! https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
minus-squarefolkrav@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoFirst two sentences of that readme: Valetudo is a cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation. It is not a custom firmware.
minus-squarenavi@lemmy.tespia.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoDoh! My bad. It isn’t custom firmware but it does install software on top of the existing firmware onboard which is pretty slick.
minus-squareYou999@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAnd that is why VLANs are amazing. Can’t phone home if it can’t connect to the internet.
minus-squareNyfure@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoUntil it outright refuses to work without its cloud connection
minus-squareBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHome Assistant compatibility doesn’t mean it won’t communicate with the cloud. If you want to decloud your robot, try Valetudo
minus-squareauthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoDon’t they have cellphone network capabilities
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agono, that’s ridiculous. Would be too expensive
minus-squarerailsdev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
ooooor use whatever brand and model is compatible with Home Assistant
Eh. That doesn’t prevent anything if the unit itself still connects to the internet somehow (looking at you, Wyze).
You really just need to make sure the unit doesn’t and can’t get online. Very few of those out there.
That’s why you flash the vacuum with a custom firmware!
https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
First two sentences of that readme:
Doh! My bad.
It isn’t custom firmware but it does install software on top of the existing firmware onboard which is pretty slick.
And that is why VLANs are amazing. Can’t phone home if it can’t connect to the internet.
Until it outright refuses to work without its cloud connection
Home Assistant compatibility doesn’t mean it won’t communicate with the cloud. If you want to decloud your robot, try Valetudo
Don’t they have cellphone network capabilities
no, that’s ridiculous. Would be too expensive
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