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A remote-controlled vibrator secretly recorded user’s entire sex session. Eek.
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Welp. Here’s another scenario to add to your list of terrifying ways a remote-controlled vibrator can turn against you.
In a post Wednesday, Redditor tydoctor detailed a deeply disturbing incident related to the Lovense remote-controlled vibrator app:
“I was going through my phone media to prepare it for a factory reset and came across a .3gp file named “tempSoundPlay.3gp” in the folder for the App. The file was a FULL audio recording 6 minutes long of the last time I had used the app to control my SO’s remote control vibrator (We used it at a bar while playing pool).”
The app, which can be used to control several sex toys made by Lovense, does apparently ask for permission to access the phone’s mic and camera, but it’s only supposed to be used for the in-app chat — so users can send voice commands to the person controlling the remote from afar. Read more…
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