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The rapid evaluation of image manipulation and tampering has evoked the need for protecting digital data.

Authentication and copyright protection of digital data is a matter of big concern in the present times. As forgery techniques are becoming more sophisticated day by day, incidents of copying and tampering of digital data without the owner"s permission are on the rise.

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The robotics industry is developing at a fast pace and it seems inevitable that home robots will become affordable, easily accessible and popular. They will be able to perform a will be able to perform a wide range of tasks ranging from household chores, entertainment, home security and surveillance and will become an important part of our lives. The robots like any other a computer system connected to a computer network is vulnerable to hackers.In the paper the authors aim to expose the vulnerabilities and ethical implications of using a popular home robot in order to encourage the research community to put their minds to this pertinent issue. The authors also provide a solution that needs to be developed upon to overcome the security risks.