[msoucy]

I'm more concerned about why you would need a remote for something that depends on you being there...

[jpollock]

It allows a control to be wall mounted without having to run a wire from there to the bidet...

[poglet]

There was a toilet in Japan I couldn't for the life of me work out how to flush, I spent ages in this bathroom checking for buttons here and there. Only after I had given up and walked away from the toiled did it flush.

[SamBam]

That's been a constant refrain about IR auto-flushing toilets for about 30 years. They were invented in 1988.

[dandelany]

From a security point of view, it sure makes for an interesting attack surface

[sorenjan]

You have to look out for backdooring though.

[hazmazlaz]

That's one penetration test that I would not want to participate in.

[orthoxerox]

Not necessarily you being there.