Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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health
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
46 entries in this thread.
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News Bad kitty: USB vibrator found to contain crypto-mining malware
Malwarebytes found crypto-stealing Lumma malware on a $25 Spencer's USB vibrator, pointing to a likely supply chain attack via infected firmware chips at the point of manufacture.
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Roundup Pregnancy & postpartum: sex tech to help you reconnect with your body, pleasure, & partner
Sex tech products including the Lioness smart sex toy, Elvie Trainer, We-Vibe Melt, and apps like Ferly address the overlooked sexual well-being needs of pregnant and postpartum people.
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Feature Sextech in Africa: Exploring the past, understanding the present (Part 1)
Sextech adoption in Africa lags global growth despite clear demand, shaped by colonial-era laws, religious resistance, and cultural stigma rooted in Victorian British morality.
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News Campus Accountability Map lets you search college sexual assault stats, and promotes support
End Rape On Campus launched the Campus Accountability Map + Tool, a searchable platform covering 750+ US colleges with sexual assault statistics from 2018–2020 and survivor resources.
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News MysteryVibe sex toys are now ‘officially’ medical aids
MysteryVibe became the first consumer sex toy brand to receive FDA registration in November 2022, making its devices eligible for purchase via FSA and HSA accounts.
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Feature Are ‘smart’ kegel apps devices better than using standard Ben Wa balls?
App-controlled biofeedback kegel devices outperform standard Ben Wa balls for pelvic floor training, with research and clinicians backing their effectiveness over passive alternatives.
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Feature ‘Dating apps pretend they’re not about sex’: iPlaysafe is fighting to normalise STI status sharing
iPlaySafe, a UK STI-status sharing app with 10,000+ downloads but only 300 kit sales, is pushing for dating app integration that Tinder and Bumble have so far refused.
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News Wearable premature ejaculation patches: Competition swells in speculative sextech sector
Two companies, Morari Medical and Israel's Virility Medical, are racing to launch wearable electric-pulse patches for premature ejaculation, with neither product yet on the market.
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News Women’s health and sex to be explored at free online FemTech event in June
The 2022 FemTechnology Summit runs June 1-2 as a free online conference covering women's health, sextech, and the gender data gap in medical research.
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News iPlaySafe’s STI status verification app launches in UK
iPlaySafe, a UK app offering verified STI status sharing via a £99 home testing kit, launched on iOS with an Android version following in October 2021.
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News Remojo app is for people who want to quit watching porn permanently
Remojo, a $3.99–$4.99 per month app built to help users quit watching porn, launched with site-blocking and behavioral tools, though its "addiction" framing isn't backed by the DSM-5.
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Opinion Nope, people watching porn isn’t a ‘public health crisis’
Claims that porn is a public health crisis driving sexual violence lack robust evidence; research points to individual risk factors, not consumption, as the relevant variable.
