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Sex toy collects data, owners collect big paycheck (CNET News)

2017-03-14
a sex toy company is paying its users $10,000 each after spying on their sex lives without permission this sexy time snafu all began with an internet-connected vibrator called the we-vibe 4 plus it's designed to be used by long distance couples to activate remotely but the app was reportedly peeping in on users intimate moments collecting data on how the toy was used linking it with the owners personal email address sending that information to the company servers in Canada but made this a sticky situation is that the app never asked for permission to collect data and you know that's just the kind of data you don't want leaking out the company was hit with a class-action lawsuit in September and agreed to settle but admitted to no wrongdoing anyone who purchased the vibrator with the company Knapp is entitled to damages of up to 10 grand but anyone who used it without the app won't be shafted they can still squeeze $200 out of the deal
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