Security researchers have revealed that an internet-connected sex toy is sending intimate data back to the manufacturer for “market research,” Newsweek reports. The We-Vibe 4 Plus can be controlled remotely through a mobile device and is intended to help couples be more intimate when they’re away from each other. However, the researchers demonstrated the device also shares temperature and vibration intensity data with the manufacturer, and can be easily hacked. “As teledildonics come into the mainstream,” their presentation description noted, “human sexual pleasure has become connected with the concerns of privacy and security already familiar to those who previously only wanted to turn on their lights, rather than their lover.” The president of the manufacturer said the data it receives is not granular enough to know how it’s being used.
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