A woman in Chicago is suing the manufacturers of a vibrator that "spied on her". The thing costs £100 and is controlled by a smartphone app which allows users to exchange video footage. Well, what did she expect it to do when she used it? Has the whole world gone entirely mad?

I use mine to stir my coffee and tea. It's water proof.
Nothing to see here.

Edit: Oh yeah. The cat and the dogs like it when I rub it on their bellies.

2nd Edit: In case you think I am kidding.

http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/img022055.php

I gotta start writing apps ...

Common sense has left the building.
Lawyers will sue for anything, anywhere, anytime.

As we say in the biker world on the internet. If no pictures. It did not happen.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...vacy/90400592/

It is about data mining.

The product does allow for chat and video, but she's not apparently suing about leaked content, instead she's suing because the thing uploads usage information.

So the idiots who designed the app didn't put in a legal disclaimer you have to tap on or allow someone to "opt out" on feedback.

Class action suit. It'll be funny to see the letters go out to prospective claimants. And what in the world is the settlement for that going to be?

That thing looks like a hand grenade!!!!

But, when it finally sinks in to the general public just how much information is being uploaded about them without their knowledge nor consent, there will be Hell to pay for our industry.

No, individual information about an individual might not be viewed as dangerous, but the same information about a population ... is.

Also, there's the important matter of w-h-o we have allowed to have access to the information. "You're from Afghanistan and you're here on a L-1 non-immigrant visa? Cool!! We need you to work on software that has real-time access to the location of virtually everybody in New York City, as gathered by our "app" on their smart phones!!" (We like people like you, because we've decided that the 13th Amendment does not apply to you.) Here's the root-password to the database, and if you're looking for jump-drives there's a carton full of 'em over there ...

There are none so blind as those who will not see . . .

from the news on this that i have read
BOTH sides are F'ed up

her for " well WHAT did you expect!!!"
and the company for REALLY REALLY OVER collecting data
time
duration
settings ( speed)
internal temperature yes she has gotten the temp rising
the video and phone logs
and so on....
and all this in PLANE TEXT!!!!!!!! data

I'm sorry but it serves her right! And she paid £100 pounds for this technology in a world where more than half the population is starving. What does she think the Good Lord gave her hands for?

I have no sympathy for her at all.

Would that this were true, but it's not going to sink in. The general public is too busy trying to catch 'em all.

Dopey pricks - they're everywhere; I can't even use bike-ways here because of dills wandering in all directions looking at their phones rather than where they're going.
And the doodly-do-gooders are trying to white-wash the whole thing because it gets kids off the couch and doing exercise !!!.
Sheesh.

this.
feckless moms who still think whatsapp is a good idea.
"my son walked 20km yesterday!" - yeah, with a phone glued to his face. burning carbs maybe, but what price to pay for that? permanent damage to psyche & brain, i'd say. and to society.
incidentally, it seems most people are willing to pay almost ANY price to burn a few carbs.