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Cellmate: Male Chastity Gadget Hack Could Lock Users In

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 07 2020, @10:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the another-day-another-IoT-problem dept.

DannyB writes:

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.

(Hat tip to anubi, guy_ and an Anonymous Coward for their submissions on this story.)

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by epitaxial on Wednesday October 07 2020, @01:39PM (4 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Wednesday October 07 2020, @01:39PM (#1061595)

    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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:55PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @02:55PM (#1061633)

    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)

      by epitaxial (3165) on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:19PM (#1061759)

      Calm down and drink your metamucil.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:34PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:34PM (#1061773)

        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

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 07 2020, @06:40PM (#1061775) Journal

      How about a fucking switch ?

      Fuck that. Push the button to flip the switch. No one shall challenge my command of the couch!