Heads up for parents with kids that have vtech toys | Homestead Security | Forums

weird, just noticed my cordless phone is made by vtech, wonder what else they make.

seems there are issues with other kids toys

Mattel’s latest Wi-Fi enabled Barbie doll can easily be hacked to turn it into a surveillance device for spying on children and listening into conversations without the owner’s knowledge.

The Hello Barbie doll is billed as the world’s first “interactive doll” capable of listening to a child and responding via voice, in a similar way to Apple’s Siri, Google’s Now and Microsoft’s Cortana.

It’s just a matter of time until we are able to have her say anything we want
Matt Jakubowski
It connects to the internet via Wi-Fi and has a microphone to record children and send that information off to third-parties for processing before responding with natural language responses.

But US security researcher Matt Jakubowski discovered that when connected to Wi-Fi the doll was vulnerable to hacking, allowing him easy access to the doll’s system information, account information, stored audio files and direct access to the microphone.

more http://www.theguardi.....r-children

I don't get the whole everything needs to be connected these days

Probably my biggest "fear" a solar flare is coming, just a matter of time.