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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, Informative) by deimios on Sunday August 14 2016, @04:52AM
Because the remotes on wifi vibes have limited range and most of them are a pain to use. With a smartphone you can enable the vibrator exactly how and when you want it even outside the line of sight which to be fair detracts from the whole experience.
It's called a couple's vibe because you control it while your SO is wearing it. There is a whole series of JAVs for this specific fetish, just duckduckgo the words "japanese remote controlled vibrator"
I don't know if this specific model lets you do remote config from other phones since I'm too broke to buy one. The cheap wifi ones I have were fun to use for example in a park, at the subway and even in meetings (fun fact: most people will think the vibration is coming from your phone and won't even bat an eye).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 14 2016, @12:52PM
Sort of [we-vibe.com] (NSFW). The manufacturer's site doesn't seem to describe it as primarily a vibrator for use by one person which can be remotely controlled. It's actually called a "couple's vibe" because the woman is supposed to "clamshell" half of it over her clit while the other half is inserted into her vagina - after which the guy is supposed to have penis-in-vagina sex with the woman. I'm not exactly an expert, but that seems like a large amount of mass to stuff into a comparitively small space. But, hey, whatever works.