Sex toys and the Internet of Things collide – what could go wrong?
While I don&#x27;t have any of this kind of device, I bought a Dropcam a few years ago, when they were new, without knowing that they stored everything on their servers. I was mortified, and immediately got rid of it. I feel like a home webcam is at least on par with this device in terms of how profound the invasion of privacy is.<p>That said, in this case, a lot of the stuff the device does couldn&#x27;t readily be done without some sort of connection to a server in the cloud, I would think. I mean, Bluetooth can handle the local controls (and probably should, when available), but even the remote control app for my Fire TV phones home rather than using a local link; and that&#x27;s a situation where I&#x27;m guaranteed to be in the same room with the device when I want to control it from my phone. But, they should be really clear about how much information they&#x27;re passing around and where it ends up.<p>That was what upset me most about the Dropcam...I read the box, saw it had all the features I wanted, but no mention of, &quot;BTW-We&#x27;ll also be sending every video over the Internet to our servers, where we will sell you access to that data.&quot; I think one shouldn&#x27;t have to guess about how a company implements stuff like this, particularly if there are other, non-privacy infringing, ways to implement the features. Hopefully they&#x27;ll be more clear about it in the future.