Do these "pet AI" robots have some sort of spyware on them?
Beings such as EMO Pet Robot, Anki's Cosmo and Vector, Elik, PlantsIO... I wonder if they have spyware.
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Probubbly is usually the anwser, unless you build it yourself, assume it does.
If it was provided an internet connection during set up or has a companion app on your phone, yes.
Anything with a camera or microphone is safe, until it is networked. After that there are multiple routes to exfiltrate data or update the device so it starts doing so on its own.
Even if it does not get wifi, but you have to interact with the device through an app, your phone just does the heavy lifiting then.
This is the reason for most people who are concerned about privacy and the trends of increased data collection, cheap IOT devices are verboten.
you mean the things with cameras and microphones that are designed for children and offload all computation to data centers in china?
if they don't now, they 100% will.
yes, all of it
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Yes.
Source?
Not everything needs a source right, if you can just investigate and confirm yourself?
Does it have a camera or mic? Yes
Do you have absolute control over how the data captures is managed?
If the answer is no, then it is capable of spying on you.
Common sense
Source: Trust me bro