After the 'smart' condom...
The vibrator that is not under the owner's control and that can be hacked.
Honestly, this sounds like the beginning of a plot for one of those 60s/70s sf stories by blokes, just at the point when it was more or less permissible to put S-E-X into a story instead of gleaming phallic objects. £90 bluetooth connected vibrator, which can be controlled through an app.... Its app-enabled controls can be activated remotely, allowing, for instance, a partner on the other end of a video call to interact.
But the app came with a number of security and privacy vulnerabilities, which added up to produce something that many would feel uncomfortable about using.
The app that controls the vibrator is barely secured, allowing anyone within bluetooth range to seize control of the device.*
In addition, data is collected and sent back to Standard Innovation, letting the company know about the temperature of the device and the vibration intensity - which, combined, reveal intimate information about the user’s sexual habits.
*Totally a 70s soft-porno movie waiting to happen, cast loose in time. See, e.g. Percy, which was, apparently 'the 8th most popular film at the British box office in 1971', a year that seems to have been The Year of the Humorous [??] Willy Movie, see also The Statue. There was even a sequel to Percy, Percy's Progress. Tell me again about that golden era of the movies... This entry was originally posted at http://oursin.dreamwidth.org/2577348.html. Please comment there using OpenID. View
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