Privacy respecting cleaning robots?

Are there any robot vacuums/mops that respect privacy; that don't map your house and phone home with the information?

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I don't know how you feel about second hand robots, but they are dumb enough to respect your privacy. The old Irobot roombas, They just run off of a internal clock, no connection to the internet, they bump around a bit, then dock themselves when the battery starts to get low. I pick them up at flea markets for 20 bucks, usually need to replace the battery, brushes, but they sell all that. Be weary if they smell like poop.
- I feel that the "dumb" robots are much worse than the lidar robots. Mine cleans very efficiently and also navigates when things move (like chairs). A buddy of mine has a "dumb" robot and has since stopped using it because he has had to rescue it often
  
  Oh, don't I know it. I always find "Mildred" stuck on this stupid mini step the previous owner made, or stuck under the side table. That being said, this place would get nasty if she wasn't running 3 times a week. But those little robots have limitations.

Bruh, just don't give it your WiFi password.
They don't have their own cell phone plans or satellite uplinks.
- Many of them can only be controlled from a smartphone app that requires both the phone and the robot to access the cloud. ☹️
  
  Yikes. I hadn't realized. I had a great neato robot that was totally offline. The new version wants to be controlled through your phone. F that.

@unfazedbeaver
Just use a block list, some of your data is still in the cloud but you filter most of it

Is there a robot vacuum that does not have bluetooth, wifi or any other wireless signals, even if it does map your home?

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