Thursday, August 8, 2013

Your Toilet Is Now Under Our Control

   Especially if you own a high-tech one in Japan. It seems a certain make of toilet-bidet can be, of all things, hacked! A security firm says the toilets have a Bluetooth security flaw which could indeed allow "outside access" to your bog. But only if they're in range of the high end privy. It's not like the thing is "logged" on to the internet or anything, but a hacker could well gain access to the toilet and flush repeatedly, inflating water bills.
   Other potential problems include someone being able to raise or lower the seat remotely, activate bidet or air dryer functions causing any potential user discomfort. To say the least.
   The question, of course, is why would anyone need a toilet controlled by their phone? Have we got to the point now where we need to program our crapper to set pressure and temperature of water in the bidet? Same with the "air-dry" function. I mean, does it have a "curl" setting or what?
   Sorry, but I think I'll continue using my old fashioned shitter. The one with a single flush setting. And no bidet or air dry!
   Which reminds me.....I've gotta go get some more "after dinner" rolls.
   'Nuff said

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