A security breach or piece of inadvertent exposure can be a devastating thing, not just for the company impacted but also the people whose data is stolen or exposed to the world. The usual roll-call of “name, address, phone number and card details” is bad enough. If such things are tied to sensitive material or websites, it can be many times worse.
This is the case for a recent piece of Internet of Things technology tied to people’s love lives. TechCrunch reports that a wearable “chastity device” which allows the user’s partner to control it over the internet (via Android app) has exposed all manner of user details which includes:
The researcher who discovered the issue claims it’s due to “several flaws” in the servers being used by the company behind the device. Two vulnerabilities were how the researcher was able to view no fewer than 10,000 user records. Despite contacting the organisation responsible on June 17, there’s been no word back and the issue is still out there.
Due to this potentially snowballing in a much worse way if the device name is made public, the details are so far being kept under wraps. As a result, if you use an internet connected chastity cage with your partner you won’t know for sure if you’re potentially affected or not.
At this point the story would unusually end, and we’d advise you to think carefully when using IoT devices tied to more private aspects of your life. Well, not just yet! As it happens, the researcher was so frustrated by the lack of ..
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