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No, 3 million electric toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months 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.....

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (4 children)

https://buttplug.io/

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Implemented in rust

Of course it fucking is

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

I'm sorry what

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

This sounds like a powerful but very situational weapon.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

no way

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Listen an IoT Fleshlight has a lot of possibilities

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Already exists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months 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!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

The field is called Teledildonics !

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Next? Hell, that kind of thing is old news already.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/maker-of-internet-of-things-connected-vibrator-will-settle-privacy-suit/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

You should probably read the article

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They were however used in the weirdest recreation of a brutal medieval battle that has ever been made. Let's have a watch.

"BZZZZZZzzzZzZzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzzZZZzzZzzZzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzz"

I didn't say it was a faithful recreation.

Oh the humanity.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Me: i want cyberpunk
Mom: we have cyberpunk at home
cyberpunk at home

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Ah yes the good ole vibrator.

[+] [email protected] -16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Imagine needing electronics to brush your fucking teeth

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you talking about electric toothbrushes in general? Because I'm pretty sure they're regarded as more effective than manual toothbrushes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and some of the best toothbrushes as reported by every single dentist I've had over the last 10 years all have Bluetooth in them, or have a model with Bluetooth. They're not good because they have Bluetooth, they're good because they're good, and adding Bluetooth to an already expensive toothbrush is negligible to the price so they all do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OK. Maybe I've just been out of the loop, but what on earth would you need BT in a toothbrush for? So you can pair it with an app and track your brushing while someone else also tracks and uses this data for profit?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The primary use case is for making sure kids and elderly loved ones are brushing their teeth and keeping the brush charged. Also supposedly senses if all teeth are being properly cleaned, although based on reviews that sounds like a stretch. But yeah, the aggregated data is probably marketable somehow - I didn't check their privacy policies.

Electric toothbrushes are a thing. It's understandable that the vendors would like a rationale to track usage. Not beyond the bounds of possibility that in ten years it may be impossible to buy an electric toothbrush that doesn't track usage and try to phone home to report it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've had an electric for well over 10 years(same one). They are so much better than normal brushes IMO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Concur. Also long time user here - but prefer to skip the data collection bit. Imagine showing up at the dentist some day and being chided for missing your back molars last Tuesday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Tbh if the data only went to my dentist I'd be okay with that. Real tooth pain strikes fear into the hearts of mortal men. After experiencing that once I'd give a lot to never experience it again.