The matter would be serious if it weren't for the fact that, given the type of device and its use, it makes one laugh and even in a ramshackle way. Well, the matter is actually serious, the sextoys have really transmitted the data of the intimate performances of the "users" via the Internet. The IoT trend is really exaggerated, high risk and, from this blog, we have been writing it for some time. Also because we have direct and indirect experiences of serious and, as they say in these situations, disturbing episodes of violations of security systems, of "critical" plants (hospitals, airports ...), or of individual IoT devices because they lack adequate protection . Something had come out – this summer – on the fact that iRobot, the company that invented the wireless and intelligent robot vacuum cleaners, apparently had decided to give Google, Apple and Amazon the data that the many robots in service in homes around the world they accumulate on the houses where they work, on the inhabitants, on their habits and so on. Excellent data - as the super-super-super marketing managers of the big names on the web declare - which can be used to encourage the spread of virtual assistants who, through voice, aspire to become our smart home accounts. And which in turn could then provide gigantic amounts of data that are very useful for commercial purposes to the big names on the web. And not just them.
Smart sex toys vibrate and transmit
Well, between vacuum cleaners, toys, PCs, smartphones, fridges, saucepans, washing machines, whisks, games for children, all smart, we are faced with several billion pieces of information that are coveted by many: private and public companies, terrorist-blackmailers, the underworld etc etc. After the admissions of iRobot, consumer associations reacted harshly to the extent that one of the super-super-super managers of the American company (not coincidentally it is American) assured with a naive declaration that they would never, ever betray their customers by selling information about They. Well, the fact that he thought about it and made it clear that the deal was very, very interesting (and then denied it) is making customers, institutions and consumer associations from all over the world somewhat unsettled. Also because in the meantime Standard Innovation, a Canadian manufacturer of connected sex toys, has taken care of translating the worst espionage hypotheses into reality. sextoys picked up and sent. More precisely, very intimate information was sent out in real time on the frequency of use, the favorite programmes, the intensity of the vibrations and other data... And which then translated into promotions, incentives, invitations, in short, into a series of decidedly embarrassing but above all indexes of extremely dangerous information in the hands of society. After a massive lawsuit, the company was ordered to pay customers 2,8 million euros.
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