Smart Sex Toy Sales Surge Poses Security Risk

A cybersecurity company has urged the rising number of smart sex toy owners to think about protection.

Sales of internet-connected sex toys, also known as teledildonics, have increased since lockdown measures were introduced to slow the spread of COVID-19. 

In March alone, sex toy revenue in France, Italy, and Spain, where lockdown measures were particularly stringent, exceeded projected figures by 94%, 124%, and 300%, respectively.

In "Cybersecurity Trends 2021: Staying secure in uncertain times," ESET researchers Denise Giusto and Cecilia Pastorino describe how this particular tech is a potential hotbed of privacy and security concerns that may result in users’ most private information being exposed.

"With new models of smart toys for adults entering the market all the time, we might imagine that progress is being made in strengthening the mechanisms to ensure good practices in the processing of user information," wrote the researchers. 

"However, many researchers have shown that we are a long way from being able to use smart sex toys without exposing ourselves to the risk of a cyber-attack."

The duo said that the extremely sensitive information processed by smart sex toys could be exploited by cyber-criminals hoping to make money through sextortion or by authorities in countries whose citizens are banned from engaging in certain sexual practices. 

Smart sex toy data that could fall into the hands of an oppressive government regime or digital blackmail ..

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