No sooner do we learn that sex robots are a real thing than we learn they can be hijacked to kill people. A cybersecurity lecturer tells Newsweek, “Hackers can hack into a robot or a robotic device and have full control of the connections, arms, legs and other attached tools like in some cases knives or welding devices.” And in case you’re wondering, the technology has been moving along at a shocking pace, and sex robots are thought by some to be the future of sex tourism.
Security flaws have already been found in Bluetooth-enabled sex toys, which can be controlled remotely by hackers.