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@mariner4life where exactly is the camera (not clicking on the link)
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@taniwharugby said in Woo:
@mariner4life where exactly is the camera (not clicking on the link)
i didn't either
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From the article , no cameras just data harvesting. Interesting that M4L went straight to cameras though
Standard Innovation, which produces the We-Vibe line of vibrators, has reportedly agreed to pay out close to $3 million as part of a settlement agreement with customers. As the Chicago Tribune reports, the proposed settlement would establish the multimillion-dollar pot for device owners who’d downloaded the control app, We-Connect, and used it with their toy—or up to $10,000 each. The company agreed to set aside another $750,000 for those who’d bought toys but never messed with the app, or a possible $199 each.
Under the settlement, which awaits court approval, the firm also agreed to cease collecting personal user information and email addresses from device users, and to destroy related data it’s collected to date. It further stipulates that Standard Innovation will inform users about any anonymized data collection in the future, and allow them to opt out.
See also: The ‘Spying Vibrator’ Suit Is Over, But Sex Toys Are Still Talking Data
(Screenshot of “We-Book of Delights” for tablet via We-Vibe)COURTESY STANDARD INNOVATION
See also: Texas Bill Seeks Viagra Waiting Period, $100 Masturbation Fine For Men
In December, the We-Vibe Marketing Communication Manager Denny Alexander commented on the industry’s ongoing attempts to make sex-toy data work for everyone (including privacy advocates). During a company launch event at New York’s Museum of Sex, he told me that, beyond being needed for the We-Connect app to function, some anonymized data from users goes a long way in helping toy designers hit the mark.
“It’s a private, insular world, [mostly] without the benefit of consumer insights,” Alexander said. When it comes to data on users’ preferred settings and such, a mass-aggregated version serves “only to validate and reaffirm” what designers have previously learned from experts and testers, he added. “It gives us a general sense of users’ [vibration] intensity levels, steadiness of mode, and whether we’re marketing to the right people.”
According to the Tribune, roughly 300,000 have bought We-Vibe devices that are covered by the settlement, while closer to 100,000 downloaded and used the company’s corresponding app. Alexander reportedly called the settlement “fair and reasonable.”
Janet Burns covers tech, culture, and other fun stuff from Brooklyn, NY. She also hosts the cannabis news podcast The Toke.
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@mariner4life said in Woo:
@mariner4life said in Woo:
@mariner4life said in Woo:
so these aren't the ones with a remote control that buzz?
You mean the ones that spy on you?
haha wait, what?
Make an excuse , leave the room and take it out now bro , before it’s too late.
meh, if they want to watch, that's on them.
That depends on how close they are standing?
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She “did her research “ .
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12122278
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That's the awful thing about this, the kids and babies pay the price. Yay for hindsight and sharing her story but wtf! Esp as this was a change from their approach with their other kids.
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hadnt Whooping Cough been all but wiped out a couple of decades ago? But the anti-vaxers have allowed it to stage a come back?
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@taniwharugby said in Woo:
hadnt Whooping Cough been all but wiped out a couple of decades ago? But the anti-vaxers have allowed it to stage a come back?
Pro disease tards are causing whooping cough and mumps outbreaks
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11927600
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Jesus Christ
Bigot’s Billboard
Anti-Vaxxers are targeting South Auckland families in their latest bid to spread the virus of ignorance. You can help needle the pricks. The Standard shows you how. UPDATE: The billboard is coming …
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@jegga I made a complaint to the ASA. Fuck those assholes.
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@no-quarter good on you bro.
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Haha good, looks like the decision was made before I got my complaint in but happy to have sent it anyway. The nutters pushing that shit are a special kind of stupid.
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ffs don't go check out their FB page. Luckily a few good folks are putting in some stellar work. But if I see any more posts like "Well in my circle of friend/family we've had X, Y , Z happen" or other 'personal experience' posts I will legit top myself.
aggh especially like "I know people that had the vaccination and still got X" farrrrrkk kill me now!!
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