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In reply to the discussion: Hackers Hold Man's Penis For Ransom In Digital Chastity Belt, Demand Bitcoin To Unlock [View all]jmowreader
(50,553 posts)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.
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Hackers Hold Man's Penis For Ransom In Digital Chastity Belt, Demand Bitcoin To Unlock [View all]
MicaelS
Feb 2021
OP
If this story is for real, what is his penis doing in a cage in the first place?
Irish_Dem
Feb 2021
#1
Someone posted that his partner can control the cage when she is out of town via the internet.
Irish_Dem
Feb 2021
#49
What the actual F? Penis in a cage? Seriously? Connected to the Internet? Hacked? I may never stop
lettucebe
Feb 2021
#4
This might be the greatest written opening sentence on a news story that I have ever read.
OAITW r.2.0
Feb 2021
#10
Why the hell would you buy one of these without a manual override of some sort?
happybird
Feb 2021
#16
It was bad enough when people just put pictures of their penis on the Internet. n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2021
#14
This incident also made Summers reconsider using internet-connected devices,
underpants
Feb 2021
#48