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INCOGNITO SEXTING
Forget deleting sexty
iMessage threads.
Any sneaky guy with
a smartphone can
now download a
free app like Viber
to cover their tracks.
Largely used to help
people reach friends
and family overseas,
Viber’s newer
features like Secret
Chat (which lets you
schedule text convos
to self-destruct after
a certain amount of
time) and Hidden
Chats (it requires a
special PIN to access
specific threads) make
covering suspicious
tracks all too easy.
Other apps offer
similar features.
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HOOKUP HOTELS
Walking into a hotel
lobby in a hat and
sunglasses, asking for
a room from 1pm to
3pm? Intimidating!
(And maybe not
gonna fly with the
front desk.) But
even the most timid
cheaters won’t be
too shy to pull up
the numerous get-a-
room options from
the comfort of their
own couches, via
smartphones. There
are a number of sites
and apps that do the
needful for you. These
booking services let
users snag a space for
a few hours to nap,
take a shower, or, you
know, have a mid-day
illicit bone sesh, at a
less expensive rate.3
LONG-DISTANCE
EVERYTHING
While sex toys that
can be controlled via
a smartphone have
been on the block for
a while, long-distance
sex is only getting
more advanced.
Think: 3D-printed
replicas of your lover’s
body parts, enabled
with software that
makes them act how
you want them to;
or full-body haptic
suits that let you
‘feel’ a person’s touch
remotely while you
video-chat. Yes, they’ll
be legit options for
sex-deprived couples
in LDRs, but they’ll
also be gateways for
online cross-country
flirtations to turn into
something more.4
VIRTUAL-REALITY
XXX VIDEOS
You might not
consider it rule
breaking to watch
porn, but what if one
of you could simulate
touching the actors
you’re watching?
That’s what companies
like US-based
PrimaVR have beenworking on since
2015—and by next
year, it’s predicted to
be a regular and fully
immersive experience,
according to one
report. Depending
on the platform, users
who have access to
it can see their own
bodies on-screen as
they hook up with a
porn star’s holographic
or motion-capture
image, feel vibrations
on their hot spots via
teledildonic sex toys,
or see the actor’s body
react to ‘touch’. And in
true ‘WTF?’ fashion,
accessories, like
US-based CamSoda
Labs’ OhRoma
Sensory Mask, can
emit ‘sensual scents’,
so that VR porn
users can also be
surrounded by the
smells of sex.5
SO-REAL-THEY’RE-
FREAKY AVATARS
Those who have
access to online
platforms like
3DXChat also have
the option to use their
own 3D avatars to
interact with other
users in the X-rated
online worlds. The
graphics already look
pretty realistic, but
they’re predicted to
get far more lifelike
in as few as five years,
according to Canadian
sex-tech expert Jenna
Owsianik. As the
visuals improve, more
people may prefer
hooking up in an
alternate reality to the
real world.New
Ways
People
Stray