The use of technology has been present and even essential in most people's lives in recent years. The robot vacuum cleaner, for example, is one of the inventions that is being used the most to make life easier for many people. And how often do machines fail? One of these robots leaked pictures of a woman in the toilet!
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Although technology is created to be used in favor of the population, at least in general, it is not always completely beneficial. To give you an idea, the case of a woman who had a photo released by a robot vacuum cleaner that recorded her while using the toilet was recently published.
The Roomba J7 model robot is from the company iRobot. What happened at the end of 2020 and came to light after a group of workers from other companies posted this and other photos.
The company released a statement explaining that the images came from specially developed robots with hardware modifications and software. Also, they weren't for sale. They also said that these machines had been given to collectors and paid employees, who were already aware that there would be recognition of data and videos that would return to the company, in order to improve the product and service.
In the document, there was still a column that confirmed that each user had signed a consent form for each device. In any case, the company did not go into detail on the subject.
iRobot only completed by saying that the act of sharing images in social media groups is in complete violation of the agreements and that the contracted workers who had this attitude were totally at variance with the established rules previously.
The company selects only images from training with data annotation partners and flags any that contain sensitive information. In addition, the privacy officer is called upon to check for any confidential information.
In the face of this, iRobot completed saying that if there is any discovery of a compromising image, including nudity, partial nudity or sexual interaction, it is immediately deleted.
