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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack::A widely reported story that 3 million electric toothbrushes were hacked with malware to conduct distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is likely a hypothetical scenario instead of an actual attack.

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[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Who the hell that put IOT service in toothbrush ?
I can't believe someone out there already put IOT services in home appliances even if that's not necessary to put in first place, what's next ?? IOT Condoms ? IOT Fleshlight ? GOD DAMNIT HUMAN.....

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago (1 children) 
Implemented in rust

Of course it fucking is

[–] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Used by manufacturers like Maus-Tec for the Edge-o-Matic Orgasm Denial System

I'm sorry what

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 7 points 1 year ago

This sounds like a powerful but very situational weapon.

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There was a chastity cage connected to. They faced a class action.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Listen an IoT Fleshlight has a lot of possibilities

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Very advanced this thing, quote from website:

Open API For developers, our open API allows for extra customization and control over your pleasure adventure. Create custom applications and share them with the rest of the Handy community on HandyFeeling.com – the possibilities are endless!

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My toothbrush is Bluetooth connected. It's used to configure the brush modes and track brushing habits. I didn't buy it for this and uninstalled the app after a week. Thankfully it's not Wi-Fi connected.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If its the same one my neighbour has, your neighbours can also track your brushing habits. My homeassistant instance automatically picked up my neighbours oral-b toothbrush :o

[–] PragmaticOne@mastodonapp.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@SeeJayEmm

But you still had to pay for the tech installed in the toothbrush.

Try finding a good brush that doesn't have this tech installed :/

#toothbrush #bluetooth

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is already paid for. I'll certainly keep that in mind when it's time to replace it.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hopefully you're replacing the bristles every 3 months... right?....RIGHTT?

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I'm just not dropping $70 for a new handle just to prevent one of my neighbors from learning my brushing habits.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have IoT fleshlights and dildos. They are marketed towards remote couples and remote sex workers though (audience interaction I think)

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

The field is called Teledildonics !

[–] dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You should probably read the article