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Dildon'ts of Bluetooth: Pen test boffins sniff out Berlin's smart butt plugs
Security researchers have figured out how to locate and exploit smart adult toys. Various shenanigans are possible because of the easy discoverability and exploitability of internet-connected butt plugs and the like running Bluetooth's baby brother, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), a wireless personal area network technology. The …
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Friday 29th September 2017 12:32 GMT tiggity
Re: OMG
Is there any (sound) seepage from these plugs? (After all the "base" will not be inside if you want to easily get it out): Might be able to hear them, not just look for reaction.
.. for all you know, they could be in (unoticed) use already in your office and you won't be able to pair
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Friday 29th September 2017 13:03 GMT I ain't Spartacus
Something's wrong!
What's happened to El Reg? Have their normal staff been kidnapped?
This article mentions "penetration testing" and "master/slave" relationships - and there's not a singlepun, snigger or innuendo!
This must mean that terrorists have broken into the Register offices and are holding them hostage. Leaving this as their only way to ask for help, due to everything they type being watched.
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Friday 29th September 2017 13:28 GMT SVV
Re: Something's wrong!
I think they were in there quite deliberately; disgraceful how people can sink into such low forms of innuendo and sniggering on a Friday afternoon....
"A hacker "could drive the Hush's motor to full speed, and as long as the attacker remains connected over BLE and not the victim, there is no way they can stop the vibrations."
I think "the victim" can stup the vibrations affecting them by becoming disconnected from the device in a more direct physical way, should they so wish, although as they would have to be "connected" in the first place, why would they wish to? This gratuitous, puerile non story has gaping holes in it.
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Friday 29th September 2017 14:54 GMT Hans Neeson-Bumpsadese
Re: Something's wrong!
What's happened to El Reg? Have their normal staff been kidnapped?
This article mentions "penetration testing" and "master/slave" relationships - and there's not a singlepun, snigger or innuendo!
Sounds like some sort of cock-up...I expect the powers that be will come down hard on whoever is responsible
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Friday 29th September 2017 18:49 GMT Charles Smith
In court
I can visualise the court case where the prosecuting barrister is demonstrating the hackers control device. "Members of the jury, allow me to demonstrate how the accused activated the device by pressing this button. My Lord are you all right? You look as though you're in some pain."
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Friday 29th September 2017 19:02 GMT Tikimon
New date finder!
Hey, is this a great way to find dates or what? Any owner of such a device is by definition horny, sexually adventurous, and likes to bring electricity into the bedroom. Match signals to singles (or attached and not getting enough) and you have a short list of dating prospects with a better than normal chance of getting laid.
Technically anyway. In reality, that would be unimaginably creepy.
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Friday 29th September 2017 22:43 GMT ma1010
True story
"Having an adult toy unexpectedly start vibrating could cause a great deal of embarrassment in some situations."
Definitely true as I know one of the cops who was there.
A couple came home and heard thumping noises coming from inside their apartment where nobody should be. Wisely, they called the sheriff's department and reported an apparent burglary in progress. Deputies arrived and checked the apartment out, looking for a possible burglar. They located the source of the sound which was coming from a bedroom drawer containing a large dildo running on full vibrate.
One of the cops pointed out the source of the noise to the residents and told them "We found your burglar. We turned him off."
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Sunday 1st October 2017 16:04 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re. Pen test
I did wonder why they don't simply incorporate a magnetic sensor (even a $0.09 reed switch) and have that be the mode switch etc as well as enabling charging in the base station.
Something like a set of beads where the main unit is the vibrator, and the smaller beads are the magnet and an additional smaller motor.
Also worth adding: flesh tuned LED so the unit can be strobed and/or be used as a position indicator.