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Woman Sues Sex Toy App For Secretly Capturing Sensitive Information (ctvnews.ca)
A woman in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the makers of a smartphone-enabled vibrator, alleging their devices "secretly collect and transmit 'highly sensitive' information." CTV News reports:
The lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in an Illinois court, explains that to fully operate the device, users download the We-Connect app on a smartphone, allowing them and their partners remote control over the Bluetooth-equipped vibrator's settings... The suit alleges that unbeknownst to its customers, Standard Innovation designed the We-Connect app to collect and record intimate and sensitive data on use of the vibrator, including the date and time of each use as well as vibration settings...
It also alleges the usage data and the user's personal email address was transmitted to the company's servers in Canada. The statement of claim alleges the company's conduct demonstrates "a wholesale disregard" for consumer privacy rights and violated a number of state and federal laws.
Slashdot reader BarbaraHudson argues that "It kind of has to share that information if it's going to be remotely controlled by someone else." But the woman's lawsuit claims she wouldn't have bought the device if she'd known that while using it, the manufacturer "would monitor, collect and transmit her usage information."
It also alleges the usage data and the user's personal email address was transmitted to the company's servers in Canada. The statement of claim alleges the company's conduct demonstrates "a wholesale disregard" for consumer privacy rights and violated a number of state and federal laws.
Slashdot reader BarbaraHudson argues that "It kind of has to share that information if it's going to be remotely controlled by someone else." But the woman's lawsuit claims she wouldn't have bought the device if she'd known that while using it, the manufacturer "would monitor, collect and transmit her usage information."
So she's afraid of her vibrator setting being saved, but not afraid of national exposure via her lawsuit.
is such a dick move.
"Apples, oranges, etc."
It must be oranges. The iDick is not on the market yet.
It's not laziness. There's no way that you want to have to walk customers through the process - and imagine if their isp blocks inbound http requests? I'd say they're pretty much cock-blocked.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
I love how someone who didn't grow up in the US somehow knows how to be successful here.
News flash: It's actually merit-based in large part. That's the great part about this country. Having good parents doesn't mean all that much when you enter the work force, unless you are very high up in the food chain. Most aren't, and even if you are - it's no guarantee of success. It's also easy to become something that the Romans used to call homines novi, a "new man". People with zero background placed in high positions.
Stop putting your European memories of class distinction atop the US. It just isn't true here. I could cite particular cases - the Harvard grad with the perfect credentials who was a failure as a CEO, or the nothing guy who ended up in leadership because he kicked massive ass. His family has shit background. But I don't have to for a US audience, because they know the same things from their own experiences.
HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.