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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

described the $599 device (it also requires a subscription that starts at $7 per month) as a toilet bowl attachment that uses “optical sensors and validated machine-learning algorithms” to deliver “valuable insights into your health and wellness.”

Do they take their product ideas from the Onion?
This can't be real, can it??

[–] ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me:
I have to rewatch Scrubs! :-)

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They've been around for a decade or more in Japan.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A 'smart toilet'? What the hell does a toilet need to be smart for? And then, cherry on top, toilet and camera in the same sentence. The world needs to end.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What the hell does a toilet need to be smart for?

To understand it's being fed shit.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

A trip to japan may reveal that smart may not be a thing but borderline magical just might be.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's literally that Simpsons in Japan episode.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t know what’s funnier. A “smart toilet” or the fucking moron that is dumb enough to buy one.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Let's not be hasty, some people would definitely need some aim assist.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Never install a camera in a bathroom

Like, you don't install anthrax in a maternity ward

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well, I can see some use cases. But they're usually not pointed down in the bowl.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

The average person is most likely to be familiar with E2EE through messaging apps, like Signal

An even more average person is most likely to wonder why you're taking pictures of their poop in the first place.

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Rich cunts really will buy any-fucking-thing

[–] E_coli42@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

please get in line for Mandatory Penis Inspection

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is as close to the definition of a shitty idea as it can get.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

101 : Don't create data you don't want in the wrong hands.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I do my best to avoid putting toilet data on my hand.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Awaiting the camera that inspects your feet for issues and no-other-reason in 3.. 2..

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's just what they mean when they say The Bold Look of Kohler.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just make sure Keegan Michael Key is around to help reboot your smart toilet https://youtu.be/ddgVVeSX_tE

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Rich people are insane. Why pay extra to stream a butt hole camera?

[–] BlueberryWalnut@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago