Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Inevitable? Discord data breach exposes 70,000 government IDs through age verification hack
Hackers breached Zendesk, a Discord vendor handling age verification appeals, potentially exposing government IDs and personal data belonging to 70,000 users.
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News Lovense security flaws allowed user email leaks and account takeovers
Security researcher BobDaHacker exposed Lovense flaws letting anyone extract user email addresses from usernames and take over accounts, with over 11 million accounts at risk and a fix delayed up to 14 months.
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News The GagWriter lets you ‘type’ by sucking off a 3D printed dick
The GagWriter is an open-source, 3D-printable USB input device shaped like a phallus that maps button sequences to keyboard letters, designed by BDSM inventor Devious-Devices.
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News Rainbows End virtual sextech hackathon taking place April 24 – May 2
Rainbow's End Art and Technology Expo is hosting a sextech hackathon series April 24 through May 2, organized by Creative Coding Utrecht, Touchy-Feely Tech, and Hervisions, with tickets from €5.
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Feature Want to upskill during lockdown? Try this techy deepthroat trainer
Toronto engineer Alex built a sensor-equipped deepthroat trainer with distance-control and progress tracking, positioning it as a tool for long-distance BDSM play.
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Guide DIY: How to get started in sextech hacking
A practical guide to sextech hacking covers how to get started modifying sex toys using open-source tools, 3D printing, Arduino, and community resources like Buttplug.io.
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Feature Are hacker and maker communities open to sextech projects?
Stigma keeps DIY sextech projects in the shadows of maker and hacker communities, even as the scene quietly grows through close-knit online spaces.
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News $1 Wi-Fi connected vibrator buzzes when people interact with tweets
A hobbyist built a $1 Wi-Fi vibrator controlled via Twitter, with likes and retweets triggering vibration intensity, and publicly invited strangers to interact with it.
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News HackOut’s LGBTQIA+ hackathon is going global (and virtual) for 2020
HackOut, the US's only LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship hackathon, goes fully virtual and global for 2020, offering a $5,000 prize and targeting measurable diversity gains across race and gender identity.
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Feature DIY sex tech: The people experimenting with homemade BDSM and kink devices
DIY BDSM sex tech builders like Deviant Designs' Gary use Arduino boards, 3D printing, and open-source tools like Buttplug.io to build custom electrostim and locking devices that commercial manufacturers haven't made.
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Feature ‘What would happen if I shoved a sensor in here?’: The hackers trying to make sex toys better
A growing community of DIY sextech hackers is reprogramming sex toys for personalized pleasure, accessibility, and education, operating largely in anonymous online forums and workshop settings.
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News DIY exosuit uses nipple propellers to show when you’re excited (yes, really)
San Diego artist Sarah Pektus built the SHE BON, a wearable exosuit with nipple propellers and biometric sensors that maps bodily arousal in real time.
