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Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by rcxdude »

Zenst wrote: post #35

I didn't see what type of battery it has, but imagine having a non-solid state lithium based battery locked to a part of your body - anywhere. That type of device failing in an epic way with flames and no way to remove it in time - just seems like that's a latent headline just awaiting. Even worse - most people would panic and chuck water upon it. Wondering what is the safest thing to put upon a lithium based fire ho…

smothering lithium ion battery fires doesn't work: the reaction is self-sustaining and will continue to generate heat even without oxygen (I've seen this happen: the effect is similar to trick birthday cake candles where the flames may die down but reignite again). Water is actually one of the better options, because it removes heat from the system.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by cinntaile »

jrumbut wrote: post #160
cinntaile wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I understood that. I am asking what he's trying to say by mentioning that. If I were to read between the lines it'd mean that a more prude culture is not a factor because he's in Germany and he gets a warning or can't access the link on mobile. He didn't specifically write that however and I'm therefore trying to clear up the ambiguity.

A previous poster had suggested he lived in a prudish country where sexual content is censored on the internet. He said he was in Germany, and gave examples of the lack of prudishness there (in case someone didn't know what Germany is like). The implication is that Germany is an unlikely place for that kind of censorship.

Right, thanks. Sometimes the HN format isn't exactly conducive to easily see who wrote what in reply to who if there is not a direct relationship. My original assertion regarding the prudishness of the culture being a driving factor was not correct.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by prepend »

qdot76367 wrote: post #99
yowlingcat wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by ben_w »

jrumbut wrote: post #160
cinntaile wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I understood that. I am asking what he's trying to say by mentioning that. If I were to read between the lines it'd mean that a more prude culture is not a factor because he's in Germany and he gets a warning or can't access the link on mobile. He didn't specifically write that however and I'm therefore trying to clear up the ambiguity.

A previous poster had suggested he lived in a prudish country where sexual content is censored on the internet. He said he was in Germany, and gave examples of the lack of prudishness there (in case someone didn't know what Germany is like). The implication is that Germany is an unlikely place for that kind of censorship.

Just to confirm, this interpretation is correct.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by audiometry »

Traster wrote: post #158
mariuolo wrote: post #157

There's another aspect that bothers me: given how many IoT manufacturers tend to shut down their servers after a while, what's going to happen the day the app cannot communicate with the gizmo in question? Will every user remain locked for good?

It's always important to build your software such that it fails safe. Now, people may disagree what the definition of failing safe is in this case :)

Like a nuclear sub. If they can’t pick up bbc world service for a day, assume the world is over and proceed accordingly.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by machello13 »

swiley wrote: post #67
Tarq0n wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more about a lack of available reputational signals. There's little brand awareness and few people are willing to review such intimate products. With electronics you can go by manufacturer if nothing else, intimate products often don't even have branding.

You can't even trust hardware manufacturers to get audio drivers right, why would you ever trust them with something like this?

the people buying these things mostly do not browse HN and have no idea what audio drivers are.

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by hackerfromthefu »

Zenst wrote: post #35

I didn't see what type of battery it has, but imagine having a non-solid state lithium based battery locked to a part of your body - anywhere. That type of device failing in an epic way with flames and no way to remove it in time - just seems like that's a latent headline just awaiting. Even worse - most people would panic and chuck water upon it. Wondering what is the safest thing to put upon a lithium based fire ho…

An idea for William Gibsons next novel .. maybe titled Flaming neuro-romancer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in

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Post by qdot76367 »

prepend wrote: post #163
qdot76367 wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Ugandan registry holds that one. :(
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