Security News > 2021 > March > Smart sex toys come with Bluetooth and remote access weaknesses
Today, researchers have exposed common weaknesses lurking in the latest smart sex toys that can be exploited by attackers.
In examples provided by the researchers, technologies like Bluetooth and inadequately secured remote APIs make these IoT personal devices vulnerable to attacks that go beyond just compromising user privacy.
The main concern highlighted by the researchers is, that newer wearables like smart sex toys are equipped with many features such as online conferencing, messaging, internet access, and Bluetooth connectively.
Firstly, the connectivity between a smartphone user and the device itself is established over Bluetooth Low Energy, with the user running the smart toy's app.
To bridge the gap between one's distant lover and the sex toy user, smart sex toys, like any other IoT device, use servers with API endpoints handling the requests.
Suffice to say, as the market for smart sex toys is growing, so is the possibility of real-world exploitation due to the overt security risks that come with these devices.