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posted by cmn32480 on Monday November 13 2017, @10:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the go-back-to-doing-it-the-old-fashioned-way dept.

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."

Lovense: "Use teledildonics to improve your sex life!"

Previously: Vibrator Maker Pays $3.75 Million Settlement Over Data Collection
Pornhub's Newest Videos Can Reach Out and Touch You
Sex Toys Are Just as Poorly-Secured as the Rest of the Internet of Broken Things


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:14AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:14AM (#596561)

    Don't record without permission. Don't put it in the fine print. Proclaim it loudly! There is a market for one that could spy on you.

    Send the data unencrypted on purpose. For the low-end model, "We could be listening at any time." Maybe pay somebody minimum wage to randomly listen, just so you can honestly say that you listen in sometimes.

    For a high-end model, offer a subscription service that covers the cost of listening. Outsource it to Lesotho, Bangladesh, Paraguay, or any other cheap place... but be sure to have at least one trustworthy manager to watch over the call center and make sure that somebody is always listening.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:27AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:27AM (#596573)

    For a really high-end model, you could charge lots of money to have specific types of people listening.

    *choose male, female, M-to-F, F-to-M, intersex, eunuch, etc.
    *choose young people or old people
    *for lots of extra money, sometimes offer special deals to have famous people listen (maybe $123,456 for a Kardashian for up to an hour)
    *choose a muslim, an atheist, a jew, a catholic, or a baptist

    So maybe you normally go for a catholic MILF, but then you bid in an auction to get Howard Stern. Instead of your usual butt sex, you give Howard Stern an hour of pretending to be with sheep -- or maybe you even get a sheep for the occasion.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:36AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:36AM (#596583)

      I'll only pay if you can guarantee me someone who looks like my grandma.
      Video or nothing. I am very particular.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @12:28AM (#596576)

    Hmm, I guess maybe a few people would get off knowing they're being monitored, but I doubt enough to make it marketable.