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“NSFW” doesn’t begin to describe Bluetooth security in sex toys

54 points by jsjohnst 9y ago

woliveirajr 9y ago
Do the correct marketing and some of these flaws can become features for some specific public who want... hum... different experiences.
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- mjevans 9y ago
  I think having a 'door' that is locked by default, and able to be left open and 'unlocked', might be plausible consent. The above very well would be a feature at least in fantasy (fiction, not genera) settings if not real ones as well.
yeeeeeeeeee 9y ago
Thats kinda hot
CodeWriter23 9y ago
Adding a new dimension to the term “penetration testing”.
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SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
Every once in a while, I pick up my neighbors' sex toys while I'm scanning BT frequencies. It made me feel kind of gross when I realized that I could (probably) play with the toy remotely and they'd never realize that I was the one who intruded on their time (if they even realized it was more than a bug). I never actually did (see point about gross), but I've been debating buying one myself just to fiddle around with it. Good to know we've progressed to an age where digital sexual assault is possible.
- cal5k 9y ago
  "I've been debating buying one myself just to fiddle around with it." Isn't that the point? ;-)
- hkmurakami 9y ago
  "Digital"... coming to a bedroom near you with double the meaning.
  - perilunar 9y ago
    Remember the old 'finger' protocol?
- Raphmedia 9y ago
  This gives me a product idea. Massively Multiplayer Online Interconnected Sex Toys (MMOIST). You connect, find a peer and have some online fun together. Could even open it to local bluetooth networks by simply... well, not updating the security at all !
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    > Could even open it to local bluetooth networks by simply... well, not updating the security at all ! You're literally talking about digital STDs here. (Sometimes I feel the future is coming too soon...)
  - lprubin 9y ago
    See the movie the Zero Theorem for an example of your game.
make3 9y ago
just out of SciFi esque curiosity, would that be e-rape? if you can prove it some how
- parent5446 9y ago
  Reading the NY penal code (not sure for other states), I'm not sure. It wouldn't be rape or a criminal sexual act since there's no intercourse. And for sexual abuse it states the offender must "touch" the victim or "insert" a foreign object. In this case the criminal isn't actually touching the victim, and the victim inserted the object themselves... I imagine this isn't something lawmakers thought of at the time. Hopefully this remains theoretical for the time being.
yknx4 9y ago
An external will have control of your toy. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
olleromam91 9y ago
Golden promoted comment from article. "I'm pretty sure letting the public control your sex toy is an entire category of fetish I don't know the name of. This isn't a bug. This is a feature."
kinos 9y ago
Well. I'm getting ideas for Defcon fun.

54 points by jsjohnst 9y ago

Do the correct marketing and some of these flaws can become features for some specific public who want... hum... different experiences.

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mjevans 9y ago
I think having a 'door' that is locked by default, and able to be left open and 'unlocked', might be plausible consent. The above very well would be a feature at least in fantasy (fiction, not genera) settings if not real ones as well.

yeeeeeeeeee 9y ago

Thats kinda hot

CodeWriter23 9y ago

Adding a new dimension to the term “penetration testing”.

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SomeStupidPoint 9y ago

Every once in a while, I pick up my neighbors' sex toys while I'm scanning BT frequencies. It made me feel kind of gross when I realized that I could (probably) play with the toy remotely and they'd never realize that I was the one who intruded on their time (if they even realized it was more than a bug). I never actually did (see point about gross), but I've been debating buying one myself just to fiddle around with it. Good to know we've progressed to an age where digital sexual assault is possible.

cal5k 9y ago
"I've been debating buying one myself just to fiddle around with it." Isn't that the point? ;-)
hkmurakami 9y ago
"Digital"... coming to a bedroom near you with double the meaning.
- perilunar 9y ago
  Remember the old 'finger' protocol?
Raphmedia 9y ago
This gives me a product idea. Massively Multiplayer Online Interconnected Sex Toys (MMOIST). You connect, find a peer and have some online fun together. Could even open it to local bluetooth networks by simply... well, not updating the security at all !
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  > Could even open it to local bluetooth networks by simply... well, not updating the security at all ! You're literally talking about digital STDs here. (Sometimes I feel the future is coming too soon...)
- lprubin 9y ago
  See the movie the Zero Theorem for an example of your game.

make3 9y ago

just out of SciFi esque curiosity, would that be e-rape? if you can prove it some how

parent5446 9y ago
Reading the NY penal code (not sure for other states), I'm not sure. It wouldn't be rape or a criminal sexual act since there's no intercourse. And for sexual abuse it states the offender must "touch" the victim or "insert" a foreign object. In this case the criminal isn't actually touching the victim, and the victim inserted the object themselves... I imagine this isn't something lawmakers thought of at the time. Hopefully this remains theoretical for the time being.

yknx4 9y ago

An external will have control of your toy. It's not a bug, it's a feature.

olleromam91 9y ago

Golden promoted comment from article. "I'm pretty sure letting the public control your sex toy is an entire category of fetish I don't know the name of. This isn't a bug. This is a feature."

kinos 9y ago

Well. I'm getting ideas for Defcon fun.