🤦🏻♂️ Well, it was probably inevitable that the "Internet of Things" would eventually make its way into the toilet bowl. Kohler's new camera analyzes your waste for 'health insights', which sounds futuristic, but the security questions are concerning. It uses a fingerprint sensor ? to tie sensitive health data directly to an individual, then sends it to the cloud. While they promise encryption, we're creating a honeypot 😬 of incredibly personal information that's ripe for misuse. 💩
TL;DR
📸 Kohler is selling a $599 toilet camera, the Dekoda, to monitor your gut health. 💩
👆 It uses a fingerprint scanner to link the health data it collects directly to you.
🔐 The company claims end-to-end encryption, but this is still an unnervingly specific and sensitive dataset to have stored on any server.
💰 On top of the hardware cost, it also requires a subscription, creating another recurring data transaction.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/kohler-unveils-a-camera-for-your-toilet/
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