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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: 2) by SomeGuy on Monday November 13 2017, @11:20PM (3 children)
They need to get with it, recoding naughty time is so much better with good old retro cassette tape. :P
At least a cassette recorder won't phone home.
A "minor software bug".... riiiiiiiiight.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:27AM
Give E.T 10 minutes, and a generous supply of Reese's Pieces, and I believe it just might phone home.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @09:28AM
Sure. The bug was that the file was saved on the phone instead of being transmitted to the server. :-)
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Wednesday November 15 2017, @01:59PM
Well, that explains: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/11/13/066218&from=rss [soylentnews.org]