• AutoTL;DRB
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    322 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The researcher, who asked to remain anonymous because he wanted to separate his professional life from the kink-related work he does, said he gained access to a database containing records of more than 10,000 users, thanks to two vulnerabilities.

    He also reached out to the company on June 17 alerting them of the issues in an attempt to get them to fix the vulnerabilities and protect their users’ data, according to a screenshot of the email he sent and shared with TechCrunch.

    [REDACTED] has left the site wide open, allowing any script kiddie to grab any and all customer information.

    “Your cock is mine now,” the hacker told one of the victims, according to a researcher who discovered the hacking campaign at the time.

    In 2016, researchers found a bug in a Bluetooth-powered “panty buster,” which allowed anyone to control the sex toy remotely over the internet.

    In 2017, a smart sex toy maker agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by two women who alleged the company spied on them by collecting and recording “highly intimate and sensitive data” of its users.


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    • Franzia
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      212 years ago

      Unfortunately connecting this kink to the internet facilitates doing it. Having the device itself connect for ease of use had caused an unbelievable amount of tech issues, though. To be fair the programmer is a dipshit, though.

    • BurntPunk
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      1082 years ago

      Some MOST things just shouldn’t be connected to the internet.

      FTFY

    • Track_Shovel
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      242 years ago

      Apparently I’m one of those things. Jesus, what an article

    • FaceDeer
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      192 years ago

      But that just makes connecting those things to the internet forbidden… and therefore alluring.

  • Riskable
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    492 years ago

    The researcher, who asked to remain anonymous because he wanted to separate his professional life from the kink-related work he does, said he gained access to a database containing records of more than 10,000 users,

    10,000 users‽

    • @[email protected]
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      72 years ago

      he wanted to separate his professional life from the kink-related work he does

      Don’t mix your pen testing with your pen testing if you know what I mean.

  • yukichigai
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    372 years ago

    This exact scenario has appeared in an entirely unsurprising number of chastity stories.

  • roguetrick
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    542 years ago

    Isn’t this just facilitating their humiliation kink? I think it’s more of a service.

  • JackFrostNCola
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    182 years ago

    I feel like like the potential for being exposed as a chastity cage user might actually be a plus for some users

  • Extras
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    92 years ago

    God i hope the users used a email alias and fake names

    • @[email protected]
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      452 years ago

      Can imagine buying this if you’re in an long distance relationship and into chastity.

      The company is the bad guy here, there’s no need to victim blame just because their kink doesn’t match yours.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 years ago

        Having a unique use case doesn’t mean it’s still not an incredibly stupid product. Same as with smart door locks, smart safes, smart guns and smart “full self driving” cars.

      • @[email protected]
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        82 years ago

        im not saying the company isnt to blame, all im saying is a smart chastity belt is about the same level as a a smart shoe

        • @[email protected]
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          62 years ago

          A lot of kink relationships are long-distance. This sort of product appeals to someone in a kinky LDR.

        • Flying Squid
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          142 years ago

          I don’t know, if that’s the kink, that’s the kink. It’s not harming anyone who didn’t consent to it, so why kink shame them when they’re the ones who have been wronged?

          • @[email protected]
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            52 years ago

            literally never said anything about their kink did i. Their kink doesnt matter, them buying a needlessly “smart” smartdevice does

            • Flying Squid
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              92 years ago

              But the ability to control the chastity belt over the internet is part of the kink. That was my point.

              • @[email protected]
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                Oh, well, I apologize for accidentally making it appear that i kinkshamed them

                I will however not retract calling them dumb

  • @[email protected]
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    582 years ago

    Imagine having your smart cock cage locked out by Amazon because some rando told them you are racist lmao

  • @[email protected]
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    322 years ago

    And to think I don’t even feel safe about buying something as innocent as a smart TV…

  • Dion Starfire
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    182 years ago

    If this is the same one I remember from a couple years back, what’s not listed in this article: two different security teams warned them of the vulnerabilities multiple times, the vendor claimed to have fixed the issue when they hadn’t, the devices didn’t have any sort of physical bypass in case of malfunction, and what finally convinced the pen testers to go public was the company announcing that they planned to make a locking inflatable butt plug using the same platform.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 years ago

      At some point the security vulnerabilities are a feature, not a bug. Butt plug ransomware is the latest sex toy fad.

    • Franzia
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      22 years ago

      It’s a new story, and the article doesn’t reveal the company… but… we all know which one it is.