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SpaghetioSexNoises: Aug 16, 2015

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A woman is suing her dildo manufacturer for knowing too much about when and how she uses it.

A few weeks ago, two researchers told the Defcon hacking convention audience that We-Vibe �smart� sex toys send a lot of data about their users back to the company that makes them. According to Courthouse News, one We-Viber took this news hard. A woman known only as �N.P.� filed a class action civil suit in a federal court in Illinois against Standard Innovation, which makes the We Vibe line of sex toys and corresponding app.

The smartphone app lets users �customize� their We-Vibe experience, unlock app-only �bonus� vibration modes such as the �cha-cha-cha� and the �crest,� and �create unlimited custom playlists,� according to the product�s website. In the suit, N.P. says she bought a We-Vibe in May and used it �several times� until she realized that it was sending data about her usage practices back to Standard Innovation�s servers, including when she used it, which vibration settings she used, and her email address.

The two researchers, known only as �followr� and �g0ldfisk,� said they discovered the amount of data the app transmitted back to Standard Innovation when looking for security flaws (not an unheard of possibility when it comes to internet-enabled sex toys). After the presentation, a spokesperson for the company told CNET it would �clarify� its terms and conditions to make it more obvious that the app could transmit data, which was �mostly anonymized� was being used for �market research.� It would also add the ability to opt-out. The company also posted a �commitment to customer privacy and security� on its website.

The company in question may not think this is nefarious, but how are people supposed to feel when personal data is unknowingly transmitted without an opt-out or warning? I am interested in finding out my TPM(thrusts per minute) and LPW(loads per week) on the new fleshlight 5000, but if I knew some data nerd was reviewing my cum log to sell me Doritos I may not be as interested in dropping the extra cash for a sex toy that updates my facebook. And don't tell me to read the EULA, nobody reads that poo poo.

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Manticorny: Sep 7, 2016; It's a sad and beautiful world.

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# ? Sep 17, 2016 02:32

Pimpcasso: Mar 13, 2002; VOLS BITCH

sorry your moms electro dick ratted her out OP

# ? Sep 17, 2016 02:33

Mirage: Oct 27, 2000; All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

"Our records show that you use your fleshlight an average of 32 times a week for an average wank session of 39.7 minutes. Please enjoy these coupons for dating sites, energy drinks, and employment services."

# ? Sep 17, 2016 02:37

Tricky D: Apr 1, 2005; I love um!

How do expect to unlock all the achievements if you don't play online?

# ? Sep 17, 2016 02:37

Isaac: Aug 3, 2006; Fun Shoe

I got a mod chip at the car boot sale

# ? Sep 17, 2016 02:38

TheFuglyStik: Mar 7, 2003; Attention-starved & smugly condescending, the hipster has been deemed by
top scientists as:
"The self-important, unemployable clowns of the modern age."

Why not harvest user data to improve the product? Explain how it uses real data from actual users of the opposite sex, and it's perfect marketing for the target demographic. :shobon:

# ? Sep 17, 2016 02:46

SpaghetioSexNoises: Aug 16, 2015

If there's one thing my pappy taught me it's to never trust a dildo that wants your email address

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:13

a bone to pick: Sep 14, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

I can't wait til I have a smart chair that measures every single fart I let loose and reports it to the government and several corporate conglomerates.

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:16

JiveHonky: May 12, 2001; by zen death robot; Grimey Drawer

One time I hosed a rice cooker that claimed to have "fuzzy logic" but it never told anyone :shrug:

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:24

Helical Nightmares: Apr 30, 2009

Hello thread

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/aug/15/french-schools-3d-model-clitoris-sex-education

How a 3D clitoris will help teach French schoolchildren about sex

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Paul Verlaine celebrated it in his 1889 poem Printemps as a �shining pink button�, but thanks to the sociomedical researcher Odile Fillod, French schoolchildren will now understand that it looks more like a hi-tech boomerang. Yes, the world�s first open-source, anatomically correct, printable 3D clitoris is here, and it will be used for sex education in French schools, from primary to secondary level, from September.

From Fillod�s sculpture, pupils will learn that the clitoris is made up of the same tissue as the penis. That it is divided into crura or legs, bulbs, foreskin and a head. That the only difference between a clitoris and a penis is that most of the female erectile tissue is internal � and that it�s often longer, at around 8 inches.

�It�s important that women have a mental image of what is actually happening in their body when they�re stimulated,� Paris-based Fillod says. �In understanding the key role of the clitoris, a woman can stop feeling shame, or [that she�s] abnormal if penile-vaginal intercourse doesn�t do the trick for her � given the anatomical data, that is the case for most women.�

�It�s also vital to know that the equivalent of a penis in a woman is not a vagina, it�s her clitoris. Women get erections when they�re excited, only you can�t see them because most of the clitoris is internal. I wanted to show that men and women are not fundamentally different.�

Fillod had been working with Toulouse-based V.Ideaux, creators of an anti-sexist web TV series, to create a modern sex education video when it struck her that the clitoris was never presented correctly in school textbooks. This catalysed her to develop her 3D model at the Fab Lab, of the Cit� des Sciences et de L�Industrie in Paris.

Fillod�s 3D clit has come in the nick of time. This June, Haut Conseil � l�Egalit�, a government body monitoring gender equality in public life, published a damning report on the state of sex ed in France. The report revealed that sex education is rife with sexism. Current official guidelines state that young boys are more �focused on genital sexuality�, while girls �attach more importance to love�.

Clitoris activism is hot in France right now. The feminist group Osez Le F�minisme has been vocal in combatting the silence around it since 2011. While in Nice, a group of sex-positive feminists, Les Infemmes, has created a �sensual counter culture� fanzine called L�Antis�che du Clito or The Idiot�s Guide to the Clit. There are funny drawings of �Punk Clit,� �Dracula Clit� and �Freud Clit�, as well as facts about the organ.

Meanwhile, jeweller Anne Larue has created a bronze clitoris pendant in conjunction with Les Infemmes artist Amandine Br�l�e. �The clitoris has been the hidden, shameful organ for so long,� says Larue. �My necklace brings it to the light of day.� She reassures that the more timorous should not be worried about wearing it: �For the uninitiated, it looks like an octopus or a neolithic goddess.�

The Australian doctor Helen O�Connell is often credited as being the first person to show the complete anatomy of the clitoris to the modern world in 1998. In fact that achievement belongs to LA-based activist-artist Suzann Gage, who realised, while looking for images of the clitoris to illustrate a book called A New View of a Woman�s Body in 1981, that her best information came from medical textbooks of the 1800s � when anatomical drawings were done from cadavers. So images of the clitoris might have existed for a long time but, on realising that it played no direct part in reproduction, the medical profession chose to ignore it.

Fillod has hopes that doctors as well as school teachers, will use her sculpture to learn � and teach � the truth about the female body. �France has the reputation for being sexually sophisticated, but often it�s about male sexuality.� However, she is optimistic about the future. �Understanding that they have an erectile system just like men, I think women will start to experiment more. They will understand that pleasure is not some magic that only a partner knows how to give.�

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:29

SpaghetioSexNoises: Aug 16, 2015

Hell yea now I want a big clit boomerang

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:36

damn horror queefs: Oct 14, 2005; say hello
say hello to the man in the elevator

doctor: "i'm sorry sir....... ur pussy results.....

are negative"

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:37

ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

drat that chicks dildo comes with an odometer. :staredog:

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:38

Helical Nightmares: Apr 30, 2009

Hello. Are you wearing a clitoris or are you just happy to see me.

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:38

Helical Nightmares: Apr 30, 2009

ClamdestineBoyster posted:

drat that chicks dildo comes with an odometer.

Hahahahahaha. Do you need to bring it in for a tune up every 30000 miles?

# ? Sep 17, 2016 04:39

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Mirage posted:

"Our records show that you use your fleshlight an average of 32 times a week for an average wank session of 39.7 minutes. Please enjoy these coupons for dating sites, energy drinks, and employment services."

40 minutes? how much romance is this dude putting into his relationship with his fleshlight?

# ? Sep 17, 2016 06:14

Moon Atari: Dec 26, 2010

Big data will result in more effective dildos. Imagine a dildo that reads minute pelvic contractions and responds based on data harvested from hundreds of thousands of masturbation sessions, increasing or reducing thrust and vibration, expanding or contracting, self-lubricating etc before you were even consciously aware you wanted it to.

# ? Sep 17, 2016 08:09

Berious: Nov 13, 2005

Man and I thought smart scales that tweet your weight were weird

# ? Sep 17, 2016 09:02

Fuck da Mods: Jun 27, 2013; fina get poz'd?

i wish i had a vagine to pleasure non-stop its all i would do is finger and vibe myself to custom vibe playlists

# ? Sep 17, 2016 19:52

SpaghetioSexNoises: Aug 16, 2015

True life stories 2024: I'm in love with my robot vibrator that manages my Twitter feed

# ? Sep 17, 2016 20:07

Space Kablooey: May 6, 2009

cyberpunk is real and we're living it

# ? Sep 17, 2016 20:12

Alucard: Mar 11, 2002; Pillbug

We've achieved the sex toy singularity - now even your dildo gets vindictive and posts revenge porn.

# ? Sep 17, 2016 20:13

Elusif: Jun 9, 2008

Manticorny posted:

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fuckin wrekt

# ? Sep 17, 2016 20:17

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Manticorny posted:

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Looks like the forums are back down for you

# ? Sep 17, 2016 20:18

Manchild King: Oct 22, 2010; Misogynistic, self-absorbed, incredibly unfunny asshole. BLOCK ME or I will steal your face for creepy fetish porn!

So its not really a backdoor they used more like a front door.

# ? Sep 17, 2016 20:50