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These Toys Don’t Just Listen To Your Kid; They Send What They Hear To A Defense Contractor
Kids say a lot of random, unsolicited, or just plain personal things to their toys while playing. When that toy is stuffed with just fluff and beans, it doesn’t matter what the kid says: their toy is a safe sounding board. When their playtime companion is an internet-connected recording device that ships off audio files to a remote server without even notifying parents — that’s a whole other kind of problem.
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I guess the next massive DDOS attack will come from Internet-connected dolls. Then we can add them to this list.
Not to mention corporations spying on little kids through their toys, but they can literally do whatever they want anyway, so not big deal.
So true. Those with the money and the power call the shots.