The Barbie Breach

摘要

Yikes! Is this the first Internet-of-Things (IoT), Wi-Fi-connected kid toy? If it is, it won't be the last. So, here is how it works. Barbie will listen to your child's words, record them and then - get this - send them over the Internet for processing. If you want them, the conversation highlights will be emailed to you. What can possibly go wrong? So, who else is listening to or harvesting the words of a child from a household that can be defined by IP address, as well as shared on the home network, since the doll is now a node on the network?