Kids' smartwatches have security problems as simple as 1-2-3
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#2The software is being pushed so fast into the market and everyone doesn't want to be left behind. Security features are one of the first ones to be ignored, and that's very bad.
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#3Color me surprised!
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#4Germany outright banned childrens smartwatches with microphones in 2017 (Due to them being illegal surveillance devices.)
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#5It's even worse than that. Most of the GPS child watches or other trackers use a few large Chinese providers; they have little or no security on their APIs and administrative panels, (absolutely no API key authentication in at least one case, or `admin`, `admin` type defaults that don't get changed) so don't ever buy any GPS tracking watches for your child.
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#6Security flaws are almost expected in devices like this. While parents equipping their children with these watches are probably a security risk themselves, I believe the realities of software development can explain the flaws we are seeing. I doubt the software has seen any tests at all. The developers are probably happy that it works at all.
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#7There are a lot of people creating software/specifications without knowing what they are doing and it scares me.
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#8Why is "eavesdropping" on children such a big issue? Our "adult" devices may or may not be eavesdropping on us at all times.
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#9Troy Hunt has a great write-up about one such product from easily this year: https://www.troyhunt.com/how-to-track-your-kids-and-other-pe...
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#10Someone should create a list of all the smart devices which respect privacy and security. The list would be short.