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Connected sex toys recorded intimate sessions without consent
Days ago, a Redditor discovered that their Lovense remote control app was unknowingly recording audio of a six-minute intimate session between the user and their significant other. It happened while they used the app to control the Lovense vibrator it's paired with, and it saved the recording to a local file buried in the phone's media storage. Another commenter, claiming to be a Lovense representative, said these recordings are the result of a "minor software bug."
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(Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Monday November 13 2017, @10:06PM (6 children)
In order to provide continued high quality service, this session may be monitored for training porpoises.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @10:20PM
The only industry where the phrase "shove it up your ass" is considered a success.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @10:21PM
"Thank you for calling Lovense. This call may be recorded.
- Please press 1 if this is an emergency where both your app and your partner have become unresponsive.
- Please press 2, and hold the phone up to your partner, if your app has become unresponsive but your partner is still responsive.
- Please press 3 to listen to the previous caller who pressed #2.
- Please press 0, or wait on the line, for all other calls."
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 13 2017, @10:26PM
That's ok as long as it doesn't involve mynas and state lions.
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Monday November 13 2017, @11:35PM
This is the first time ever that "Score: 3, Touché" is on topic.
(Score: 2) by jcross on Tuesday November 14 2017, @09:33PM (1 child)
What the hell are they training the porpoises to do?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday November 14 2017, @10:41PM
It probably has something to do with the shape of their noses.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.