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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Your Roomba is spying on you, should you care?

    Defcon, one of the world’s largest hacking conventions has kicked off. It includes Voting Village, a place where hackers can carry out attacks on various voting machines to show how vulnerable our elections are. Also, the little vacuum robot Roomba is mapping your house.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 27, 2017 • 1 min read

    Defcon, one of the world’s largest hacking conventions has kicked off. It includes Voting Village, a place where hackers can carry out attacks on various voting machines to show how vulnerable our elections are. Also, the little vacuum robot Roomba is mapping your house.

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    4 of 5
    Will iPhone manufacturer's $10 billion investment in U.S. come through?
    1. 0:00What the Civil Rights Act means for sexual orientation in the age of Trump
    2. 8:23What do Republicans' big donors make of the health care mess?
    3. 16:59Foxconn plans to build first U.S. factory, but is it real?
    4. 24:41Your Roomba is spying on you, should you care?You’re reading this
    5. 33:20Dadbot: Keeping dad alive through artificial intelligence
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