http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/03/11/privacy-advocates-try-to-keep-creepy-eavesdropping-hello-barbie-from-hitting-shelves/?tid=sm_tw
Privacy advocates try to keep ‘creepy,’ ‘eavesdropping’ Hello Barbie from hitting shelves > Mattel's new "Hello Barbie" will "learn about its users over time." How? By > recording what the child says and sending it to Mattel's servers, reports the > Washington Post. > > Children will doubtless be thrilled to learn that the doll can also forward > audio of whatever it hears to the parents. > > Mattel's comment to the Post: > > "Mattel is committed to safety and security, and Hello Barbie conforms to > applicable government standards," Mattel said in a statement. > Heh heh. In the post-Snowden period, citing "applicable government standards" > as the moral floor below which one cannot sink -- when you're crafting a > surveillance toy -- is not super reassuring. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
