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The We-Vibe 4 Plus is a rubbery clamp that looks a little like the oversized thumb and forefinger of a Disneyland character pinching down. It comes in black, purple or pink and is billed as the "number one couple's vibrator." It has Bluetooth so that, once inserted into the desired part of your body, you can connect it to your smartphone and then use the We-Vibe app to control the intensity of its vibration.
So far, so saucy, but the following was revealed by two security researchers @gOldfisk and @rancidbacon at Defcon.
When the device is in use, the We-Vibe 4 Plus uses its internet connectivity to regularly send information back to its manufacturer, Standard Innovations Corporation. It sends the device's temperature every minute, and lets the manufacturer know each time a user changes the device's vibration level. The company could easily figure out some seriously intimate personal information like when you get off, how long it takes, and with what combinations of vibes.
Standard Innovation Corporation's president Frank Ferrari explains why they do this.
"At We-Vibe, we strive to create innovative products that have our customer's preferences in mind," he said. "We-Vibe collects data on the use of its products in terms of vibration intensity and mode for market research purposes so that we can better understand what settings and levels of intensity are most enjoyed."
Original article here
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Francis on Sunday August 14 2016, @03:05AM
I don't personally think there's anything wrong with it. But there's a high level of correlation between the family values politicians and the ones that are opposed to any sort of sex that can't result in pregnancy.
You're not supposed to masturbate, have sex with the same sex, use protection when you do have sex with the opposite sex and if there is a pregnancy you should let the fetus grow into a child that can be suitably hated for your sinning at a convenient date in the future.
(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Sunday August 14 2016, @07:48AM
I don't personally think there's anything wrong with it either. Amazon need to know when you are on your period to deluge you
with ads for sanitary towels. (See "right to free speech").
However, I find politicians morally repugnant, and the "family values" ones doubly so.
Don't even ask about the "family values" politicians who are caught with their pants down in a public place. I might die of apoplexy.
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 14 2016, @12:38PM
Finally! Something Francis does know something about. It has been a long, dry summer.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday August 14 2016, @01:16PM
That was true back in the 80s, nowadays you have to go to the seriously gray Senators to find anyone who gives a damn what you do in your bedroom. The religious fundamentalists haven't had any serious hold on a party for twenty years or so. Today if you want people opposed to sex, you look to the left. They want you to give the chick a BAC test, get a signed and notarized consent form, and have it initialed and witnessed every three minutes during the act itself in case she changed her mind. That's when they're not outright saying all straight sex is rape. Unless you're one of their protected classes from the LGBT crew, then you're free to get shitfaced and fuck anyone who's interested like you should be.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.