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The walls (and the vacuums) have eyes! How Big Tech watches us

Big Tech's concerning surveillance capabilities grow amid Amazon's acquisition of iRobot.

Big Tech's concerning surveillance capabilities grow amid Amazon's acquisition of iRobot. (Zoë Petersen, Deseret News)


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Amazon's acquisition of iRobot — the manufacturer of Roomba smart vacuums — last month for $1.65 billion has some sounding the alarm. Experts are concerned both by how the company is further monopolizing multiple industries as well as what the acquisition could mean for individual privacy disruptions.

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