# Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be up for sale - The Verge

<https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/24/16021610/irobot-roomba-homa-map-data-sale>

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## What Jamie wrote

This is a great example of hidden garbage in terms of service. Nobody has ever bought a Roomba thinking that they would expose the layout of their home to iRobot for them to then do anything with, much less sell it.

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- [WT12: Weekly Thing for July 29, 2017](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/12/), Links 📌

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