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Kohler's Smart Toilet Sparks Privacy Backlash Over Data Access

12/8/2025

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Kohler faces criticism over its Dekoda toilet, whose cameras may compromise user privacy.
The Dekoda costs $599, plus a subscription, and claims health insights from end-to-end encryption (E2EE).
Software engineer Simon Fondrie-Teitler says Kohler can access encrypted data, challenging the E2EE claim.
A Kohler spokesperson says data is encrypted during transmission but decrypted on Kohler's servers.
The controversy raises questions about privacy of users' health data collected by the toilet.

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Kohler faces criticism over its Dekoda toilet, whose cameras may compromise user privacy.
The Dekoda costs $599, plus a subscription, and claims health insights from end-to-end encryption (E2EE).
Software engineer Simon Fondrie-Teitler says Kohler can access encrypted data, challenging the E2EE claim.
A Kohler spokesperson says data is encrypted during transmission but decrypted on Kohler's servers.
The controversy raises questions about privacy of users' health data collected by the toilet.