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09-15-2016, 07:31 AM
Remember that data-mining smart vibrator? The company's getting sued.
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In the brave new world of connectivity, even your most intimate moments may come with a heavy dose of data mining.*
At the August Def Con conference in Las Vegas, two New Zealand ******s demonstrated (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/even-vibrators-get-hacked/) that the We-Vibe 4 Plus vibrator was sending information — including device temperature and vibration intensity — back to its manufacturer, Standard In**vation.*
Dubbed the "couple's vibrator," the toy's modes, such as "wave" and "pulse," can be controlled remotely through the We-Connect app.
SEE ALSO: Instagram is rolling out its tool to filter offensive comments to all users (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/instagram-comment-moderation-tool/)
At the time, Frank Ferrari, president of Standard In**vation, told Mashable in a statement the products recorded temperature "purely for hardware diag**stic purposes." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/14/standard-in**vation-vibrator-law-suit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Data Collection (http://mashable.com/category/data-collection/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), We Vibe (http://mashable.com/category/we-vibe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vibrator (http://mashable.com/category/vibrator/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Standard In**vation (http://mashable.com/category/standard-in**vation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/4LaY36-_bzs
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In the brave new world of connectivity, even your most intimate moments may come with a heavy dose of data mining.*
At the August Def Con conference in Las Vegas, two New Zealand ******s demonstrated (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/even-vibrators-get-hacked/) that the We-Vibe 4 Plus vibrator was sending information — including device temperature and vibration intensity — back to its manufacturer, Standard In**vation.*
Dubbed the "couple's vibrator," the toy's modes, such as "wave" and "pulse," can be controlled remotely through the We-Connect app.
SEE ALSO: Instagram is rolling out its tool to filter offensive comments to all users (http://mashable.com/2016/09/12/instagram-comment-moderation-tool/)
At the time, Frank Ferrari, president of Standard In**vation, told Mashable in a statement the products recorded temperature "purely for hardware diag**stic purposes." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/14/standard-in**vation-vibrator-law-suit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Privacy (http://mashable.com/category/privacy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Data Collection (http://mashable.com/category/data-collection/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), We Vibe (http://mashable.com/category/we-vibe/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vibrator (http://mashable.com/category/vibrator/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Standard In**vation (http://mashable.com/category/standard-in**vation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/4LaY36-_bzs