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Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2025
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Quoting Kohler:
I guess Kohler recently learned about TLS? IBM's response, which is a bit random in my opinion, addresses the idiocy of the E2EE claim lol.
I'd hope they encrypt data in transit? Not doing so would be an incredible, though unsurprising, show of incompetence. Setting up TLS and getting certs is easy these days with LetsEncrypt, and a company like Kohler could even get certs through AWS or Azure or something if they wanted.
I can't imagine why I'd ever spend money on a camera for my toilet, especially if it includes a subscription fee. That's a new level of stupid.
I've seen way way way too many marketers try to fluff up https as "encrypted". They clearly heard a keyword and they go off the walls like they're the most secure company that ever existed. Usually just a single follow up question like "is it encrypted at rest" or "is my data encrypted with a different key than other users", or even "does your company have the ability to decrypt it" falls flat on them.
End to end - just like the food through your body 😏