Luxury toilet hardware flaw leads to toilet jacking
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[QUOTE]A luxury toilet controlled by a smartphone app is vulnerable to attack, according to security experts.
Retailing for up to $5,686 (£3,821), the Satis toilet includes automatic flushing, bidet spray, music and fragrance release.
The toilet, manufactured by Japanese firm Lixil, is controlled via an Android app called My Satis.
But a hardware flaw means any phone with the app could activate any of the toilets, researchers say.
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"Attackers could [also] cause the unit to unexpectedly open/close the lid, activate bidet or air-dry functions, causing discomfort or distress to [the] user."
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"It's easy to see how a practical joker might be able to trick his neighbours into thinking his toilet is possessed as it squirts water and blows warm air unexpectedly on their intended victim, but it's hard to imagine how serious hardened cybercriminals would be interested in this security hole," he told the BBC.
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Source: [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23575249"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23575249[/URL]
It would make for an awesome prank though.
"hacking"
The Bluetooth PIN for the toilet is "0000" you literally pair your phone with any toilet in range, download the app, and squirt warm water up someones ass.
You sit down on the toilet
Rickroll begins playing
The lid bites your ass just as ice cold water jets into it at maximal pressure while hot air burns the rest of it
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;41808657]You sit down on the toilet
Rickroll begins playing
The lid bites your ass just as ice cold water jets into it at maximal pressure while hot air burns the rest of it[/QUOTE]
I'll take ten.
[QUOTE=inconspicious;41808634]"hacking"
The Bluetooth PIN for the toilet is "0000" you literally pair your phone with any toilet in range, download the app, and squirt warm water up someones ass.[/QUOTE]
this would be the best practical joke to pull on a mate
Toilet Jacking eh?
I was honestly expecting a completely different story.
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