Beware the Chinese teapot - it may be listening

[Harry Chickpea]

The NSA can take lessons:

"Cyber criminals are planting chips in electric irons and kettles to launch spam attacks, reports in Russia suggest. State-owned channel Rossiya 24 even showed footage of a technician opening up an iron included in a batch of Chinese imports to find a "spy chip" with what he called "a little microphone"."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-24707337

I wonder if there is a little microphone in that bidet toilet seat I just bought???

[copperkid3]

"Comrade! Listen to this . . ."


Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle . . . Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle . . . <sigh>



"Sounds like possible prostrate problems?"

[Harry Chickpea]

See, we now come down to the real difference between Chinese industry and American industry. With American industry, there would be another chip that determines that, and then an advertisement would play "FlowMax! Got trouble tinkling? You'll be singing "Ol' Man River" with FLOWMAX. The copying or reproduction of this advertisement is a copyright violation that may be prosecuted by the FBI and incur a fine of up to $500,000 and five years in jail."

I guess a #2 would trigger an ad for "The Hunt For Red October" ?

[Tabitha]

Originally Posted by Harry Chickpea

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I wonder if there is a little microphone in that bidet toilet seat I just bought???

More likely a camera

[Harry Chickpea]

Originally Posted by Tabitha

More likely a camera

I think I am going to be very ill...