The combination of sex toys and technologies have multiple vulnerabilities, according to research.

Remote-controlled sex toys with Bluetooth connectivity could be vulnerable to attack or interception by malicious third parties, according to research commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

They allow a device to be used in one location while being controlled by someone in another location.

The combination of sex toys and technologies have multiple vulnerabilities, which demonstrate “clear capacity to inflict physical and psychological harm on to unknowing consumers”, the research says.

Vulnerabilities include the Bluetooth connectivity that links the device with a companion app, it adds.

The research says: “Sex........

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