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All our devices and gadgets are going online, just like our computers did. But once we’ve successfully connected our devices to the internet, do we have any hope of keeping them, and ourselves, safe from the dangers that lurk beneath the digital waters… Continue reading Introducing the book: If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable
Thinking of giving a young person an internet-connected ‘smart’ toy this Christmas? You may want to think again. Continue reading FTC warns Christmas buyers that smart toys are a security risk
Attackers can boobytrap what should be access to only parent-vetted sites and can take over the webcam, speakers and microphone. Continue reading Kids’ VTech tablets vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers
Smart toys attempt to offer what a lot of us imagined as kids—a toy that we can not only play with, but one that plays back. Many models offer voice recognition, facial expressions, hundreds of words and phrases, reaction to touch and i… Continue reading Please don’t buy this: smart toys
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from Monday, November 27 to Sunday, December 3, including smart toys, another security breach, ransomware, and things to ponder when shopping for gifts this Christmas season.
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As the end-of-the-year holiday season approaches, many security researchers, consumer groups and even governments warn against buying specific products or, at least, to make an effort read up about potential risks before buying them. Latest research In… Continue reading Should you risk buying your child smart toys currently on offer?
The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), Germany’s regulatory agency for public utility companies, has categorized children’s smartwatches as spying devices, and has banned their sale. Why? “The watches have a SIM card and limi… Continue reading German government bans children’s smartwatches, tells parents to destroy them
Late last week, a Reddit user took to the popular discussion site to reveal that the app that is used to control remote control sex toys made by Lovense “seems to be recording while the vibrator is on.” “I was going through my phone media to prepare it for a factory reset and came across a .3gp file named ‘tempSoundPlay.3gp’ in the folder for the App. The file was a FULL audio recording 6 minutes … More → Continue reading Teledildonics maker Lovense fixes bug to delete recordings of user sessions from phones
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| The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently issued a Public Service Announcement (PSA), encouraging consumers to think twice before purchasing internet-connected toys.
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Continue reading FBI: Smart toys could harm children’s privacy and physical safety
For a while now, security researchers have been warning about the security and privacy dangers of many popular “smart” toys. While consumer protection organizations are clamouring for action from data protection authorities and the likes of the US Federal Trade Commission, the FBI has focused on educating consumers about the potential dangers of such toys. “Security safeguards for these toys can be overlooked in the rush to market them and to make them easy to … More → Continue reading Think twice before buying a smart toy for your child