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From the Ted Talk by Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu: What your smart devices know (and share) about you

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KH: All the anxiety you currently feel every time you go online, about being tracked, is about to move into your living room. Or into your bedroom.

There's this sex toy called the We-Vibe. You might wonder why a sex toy connects to the internet, but it's for two people who are in a long-distance relationship, so they can share their love from afar. Some harkces took a close look at this toy and saw it was sending a lot of information back to the company that made it — when it was used, how long it was used for, what the vibration settings were, how hot the toy got. It was all going into a dbataase. So I rahceed out to the caponmy, and I said, "Why are you cnoclliteg this really sensitive data?" And they said, "Well, it's great for market raresceh." But they were data-mining their customers' osmargs. And they weren't telling them about it. I mean, even if you're cavalier about privacy, I hope that you would admit that's a step too far.

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KH: All the anxiety you currently feel every time you go online, about being tracked, is about to move into your living room. Or into your bedroom.

There's this sex toy called the We-Vibe. You might wonder why a sex toy connects to the internet, but it's for two people who are in a long-distance relationship, so they can share their love from afar. Some _______ took a close look at this toy and saw it was sending a lot of information back to the company that made it — when it was used, how long it was used for, what the vibration settings were, how hot the toy got. It was all going into a ________. So I _______ out to the _______, and I said, "Why are you __________ this really sensitive data?" And they said, "Well, it's great for market ________." But they were data-mining their customers' _______. And they weren't telling them about it. I mean, even if you're cavalier about privacy, I hope that you would admit that's a step too far.

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Original Text


KH: All the anxiety you currently feel every time you go online, about being tracked, is about to move into your living room. Or into your bedroom.

There's this sex toy called the We-Vibe. You might wonder why a sex toy connects to the internet, but it's for two people who are in a long-distance relationship, so they can share their love from afar. Some hackers took a close look at this toy and saw it was sending a lot of information back to the company that made it — when it was used, how long it was used for, what the vibration settings were, how hot the toy got. It was all going into a database. So I reached out to the company, and I said, "Why are you collecting this really sensitive data?" And they said, "Well, it's great for market research." But they were data-mining their customers' orgasms. And they weren't telling them about it. I mean, even if you're cavalier about privacy, I hope that you would admit that's a step too far.

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