Hackers Hold Man's Penis For Ransom In Digital Chastity Belt, Demand Bitcoin To Unlock

[MicaelS]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ad5xp/we-spoke-to-a-guy-who-got-his-dick-locked-in-a-cage-by-a-hacker|

You simply can't make this stuff up.

Sam Summers was sitting at home with his penis wrapped in an internet-connected chastity cage when he got a weird message on the app that connects to the device. Someone told him they had taken control and they wanted around $1,000 in Bitcoin to give control back to Summers.

"Initially, I thought it was my partner doing that," Summers told Motherboard in a phone call. "It sounds silly, but I got a bit excited by it."

But when Summers called his partner, she told him it wasn't her, even after he told her their safe word. That's when he realized he had gotten hacked. His penis was locked in the cage, and he had no way out.

More at link.

[Irish_Dem]

1. If this story is for real, what is his penis doing in a cage in the first place?

A chastity cage?
Hooked up to the internet?

I cannot figure this one out.

[MicaelS]

2. Obviously his partner wanted him to remain faithful.n/t

[Irish_Dem]

8. Why is it connected to the internet?

She didn't trust him to be faithful so she made him put his penis in a cage?
What male would agree to this kind of thing.
And why the internet?

I think we are missing something here.

Maybe it is for kinky sex some how.
But I cannot figure that out either.

[regnaD kciN]

11. I would assume the "kinky sex" bit...

...since they mention a “safe word”...

But, if not – I think we’re all agreed that making a female wear a chastity belt is barbaric. Shouldn’t insisting on a male partner doing the same be regarded the same way?

[Irish_Dem]

13. A safe word usually means S and M?

So something along those lines.

The male must have liked doing it, he referenced "getting excited."

[happybird]

19. Probably so she can release the cage remotely,

either as a reward or if he needs to safe word out of it.

[Irish_Dem]

21. I don't see how that would be sexually exciting for a male?

To sit around with his penis in a cage and then his partner releases him remotely.

I think you have a piece of it right, but we don't have the whole picture yet.

[happybird]

22. It's a kink thing.

She owns his orgasms and he’s not allowed to touch himself without explicit permission.
Some people like to hand over all power and decision making to a trusted partner.

ETA: for some, there is a humiliation aspect in this which they enjoy
Safe, Sane, and Consensual are the keys to this type of stuff. The problem with this is the safety part: for example, the ability of others to hack your cock cage, lololol!

[Irish_Dem]

23. Ok got it. Thanks. Makes sense from an S and M standpoint. nt

[dawg day]

29. I heard about this on a podcast-- it's a BDSM thing.

The ultimate bondage. The internet thing is, I guess, so that it can be released and locked again remotely by the partner who is out of town.

Other people's fetishes always sound unsexy, you know?

[Irish_Dem]

30. Right, doesn't even make a lot of sense. But whatever rocks their boat.

Doesn't sound safe, but that is what makes it BDSM I guess.

[dawg day]

32. Yeah, it's all backwards when someone gets off on pain and humiliation-

and I gather this chastity belt creates both.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Victimization and powerless too.

[Skittles]

47. that is the part I do not get

I understand adult-consenting kink, but why involve the internet?

[Irish_Dem]

49. Someone posted that his partner can control the cage when she is out of town via the internet.

Lock it, unlock it, etc.
Or what ever they heck they do with the cage.

[samnsara]

3. um ok gonna google that device cuz wtf?

[samnsara]

6. ...and all google gave me were links to that guys story ;/

[lettucebe]

4. What the actual F? Penis in a cage? Seriously? Connected to the Internet? Hacked? I may never stop

laughing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Why would anybody do that in the first place?

I guess everybody has their little quirks, but....

[3catwoman3]

36. This seems waaaaaay beyond...

...a quirk.

[Beakybird]

7. I wish I had shorted this company!

[ret5hd]

9. For $500 and some beer...

I’ll get the SawzAll out of the garage and head that way.

[OAITW r.2.0]

20. Do you drink the beer before or after the, ah, operation?

I'd probably drink before and after.....

[ret5hd]

25. I prefer to call it an "extraction"...

and in the event I am not successful, my contract contains a “severance” clause.

On edit: and yes, before and after.

[3catwoman3]

35. The guy who is IN the cage should drink...

...before the procedure (probably a lot) and the guy operating whatever device is used shouldn’t drink until after.

[stevil]

24. Can I watch?

I'll give you $20.

[ret5hd]

26. You will have to sign an NDA...

a non-dismemberment agreement.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. This might be the greatest written opening sentence on a news story that I have ever read.

"Sam Summers was sitting at home with his penis wrapped in an internet-connected chastity cage when he got a weird message on the app that connects to the device."

A weird message?

[happybird]

16. Why the hell would you buy one of these without a manual override of some sort?

That’s just begging for a disaster. Power outage? Cell service down? You’re fucked.
It’s not like they haven’t sold regular ones forever, so there are much safer options.

[Mr.Bill]

53. Well, actually you wouldn't be fucked.

[happybird]

54. Lol!

[happybird]

17. Oops, hit the wrong reply button

Meant to do a thread reply, not one specifically to your comment.

[underpants]

46. Gee, this is odd

No kidding.

Yes the writer definitely draws you in with that.

[OAITW r.2.0]

50. He/She totally had me at "weird meeage"....

[grumpyduck]

12. From the full article:

This incident also made Summers reconsider using internet-connected devices, especially those that go around his most private parts.

I guess better late than never.

[PoliticAverse]

14. It was bad enough when people just put pictures of their penis on the Internet. n/t

[Dan]

15. I had to look it up,

I can’t imagine any sane man doing that...

[Stallion]

18. Not My Bag -Baby!

[relayerbob]

27. A thousand bucks is all? That's pretty cheap ...

Must not have much of a penis.

[MicaelS]

28. Micropenis. n/t

[Miguelito Loveless]

31. Nothing the Jaws of Life

can't deal with.

[ironflange]

37. Jaws of Life?

What the hell, just go to Home Depot and rent a bolt cutter. But use it carefully.

[Miguelito Loveless]

45. Yeah, but they don't make nearly as much noise

[RandiFan1290]

34. HODL. nt

[Ron Obvious]

38. The internet of things, eh?

I never liked the idea of the internet of things in the first place. Let alone the internet of willies. Ugh!

[dhill926]

39. he'd have been better off...

with his "Dick in a Box."

[Cirque du So-What]

40. The internet of things

I certainly didn’t envision a scenario like this when the internet of things came into existence.

[jmowreader]

41. Not much of a man, if you ask me

Let me get this straight: the hero of this story owns no hacksaw, no Sawzall, no bolt cutters, no tin snips and no angle grinder. I'm sitting here in the middle of my house counting, and if someone had locked my man-parts in a cage and was demanding a thousand dollars to let them free, I've got at least eight items within arm's reach that could get that off for no money.

[Skittles]

51. HAHA omg

[Solly Mack]

42. ...

&t=91s

[Generic Brad]

43. Sure they aren't asking for a Naughy Bitcoin?

[Lady Freedom Returns]

44. We all know we have to use protection.

All he had to do was get Norton 360 before this happened. We all can learn from his mistake.

[underpants]

48. This incident also made Summers reconsider using internet-connected devices,

Smart choice there Sam. 👍

[TomVilmer]

52. I always hate when they do that to me