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Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in:
A security flaw in a hi-tech chastity belt for men made it possible for hackers to remotely lock all the devices in use simultaneously.
The internet-linked sheath has no manual override, so owners might have been faced with the prospect of having to use a grinder or bolt cutter to free themselves from its metal clamp.
The sex toy's app has been fixed by its Chinese developer after a team of UK security professionals flagged the bug.
This could be useful to anyone still using the old version of the app who finds themselves locked in as a result of an attacker making use of the revelation.
Any other attempt to cut through the device's plastic body poses a risk of harm.
[...] The security researchers said they discovered a way to fool the server into disclosing the registered name of each device owner, among other personal details, as well as the co-ordinates of every location from where the app had been used.
In addition, they said, they could reveal a unique code that had been assigned to each device.
These could be used to make the server ignore app requests to unlock any of the identified chastity toys, they added, leaving wearers locked in.
Also at The Verge and gizmodo.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Wednesday October 07 2020, @10:19AM (19 children)
But here buyers of that thing are even stupider: why on Earth would anyone lock and their genitals and give the (virtual) key to a bunch of Chinese half the world away?
(Score: 5, Funny) by Mojibake Tengu on Wednesday October 07 2020, @10:39AM (1 child)
Just wait until this toy become compulsory in jail industry and military.
My bet is on Amazon employees will be first.
Rust programming language offends both my Intelligence and my Spirit.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:30PM
The chastity belt won't matter- Amazon will always find a way to fuck people.
(Score: 4, Touché) by zocalo on Wednesday October 07 2020, @12:07PM
Maybe because they're Uighurs, and that's what they've been "re-educated" to do? Also, compared to forced sterilization, it's probably a better option come to think of it.
FYI, the BBC's coverage [bbc.com] of this includes a map. There actually are quite a lot of Chinese users, but also quite high adoption right across Europe, the more urban areas of the US and Australia, then a smattering elsewhere. Can't speak for China, but the rest are basically all places where you tend to find people with First World Problems, which might be a clue as to who the typical users are.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 2) by leon_the_cat on Wednesday October 07 2020, @12:30PM (3 children)
Have you tried asking Joe Biden?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @01:45PM
i tried. nobody was home.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday October 07 2020, @03:11PM (1 child)
No pets starved from this IoT failure.
When you GOTO a dark place, always PEEK before you POKE.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @03:36PM
Faithful dogs get their JUNK BURNT OFF.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by epitaxial on Wednesday October 07 2020, @01:39PM (4 children)
There are some really cheap (like $5) IoT lighting controllers that run via wifi and of course connect to Chinese servers to function. The name escapes me but you can reflash their firmware with an open source version and run a server locally.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:55PM (3 children)
How about a fucking switch ? Has it become too complicated nowadays to get off your sorry ass and flip a switch a couple of times a day ?
Fucking IoT bullshit. And people wonder why they die from heart attacks at 35.
(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:19PM (1 child)
Calm down and drink your metamucil.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:34PM
Keep your cage on, slave. You're going to make love to my foot with your tongue until I get bored with you.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:40PM
Fuck that. Push the button to flip the switch. No one shall challenge my command of the couch!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Wednesday October 07 2020, @01:52PM
What part of "Weird sex thing" do you not understand?
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:01PM (3 children)
Why would anyone run Windows 10?
Why would anyone use an IoT pet feeder?
Why would anyone put control of all the devices in their home under IoT control?
Why would anyone trust all of their documents and personal information to the cloud?
Clue this chastity belt article is about: Digital Liberty -- protecting your bits from Vendor Lock In.
When you GOTO a dark place, always PEEK before you POKE.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @03:24PM (2 children)
because it comes on 99% of computers by default? because they got upgraded to it dishonestly?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 08 2020, @03:43AM (1 child)
People lack imagination. There are still ISOs available for every version of Windows, as well as many distros of Linux and BSD.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 12 2020, @08:33AM
the average PC user doesn't have the knowhow to figure out how to download and burn an ISO, let alone install Linux
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:05PM
Get with it. It is the New Normal to enforce social distancing for the Pandemic. Don't you believe the Scientists?
(Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday October 07 2020, @07:11PM
Can we all just agree that around here this is purely an academic discussion?
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