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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-stalked-me-by-hijacking-a-smartwatch-for-kids/
28•worik•4h ago

Comments

fhub•40m ago
https://archive.is/xNU3i
iamnothere•28m ago
Not really a problem. Your children have no expectation or right to privacy in public.
pavel_lishin•22m ago
How about your children?

How about when they're not in public, but are at home?

iamnothere•13m ago
Lol. Apparently nobody can process obvious sarcasm.
fsckboy•17m ago
the reporter was "hacked" in cooperation with the hacker in order to write the article
gkanai•11m ago
Until the Chinese government penalizes these Chinese companies for these insecure practices, they'll continue to be sold as is. China doesn't need to care about Chinese made products sold for export apparently.
femto•11m ago
> made by an equally obscure manufacturer, YiQingTeng Electronics, in Shenzhen, China.

Is this what is meant by "Shenzhen Speed"? Dump all safeguards and get any piece of crap out the door as soon as possible? This comment isn't directed specifically at Shenzhen, as other parts of the world do the same thing and call it "Move fast and break things."

Dropping engineering standards may increase short term profits, but it erodes people's trust in the world around them when everything "sort of works".

There's an argument that this low level continuous corrosion does more long-term damage than obvious safety flaws that are serious enough to prompt corrective action.

thenthenthen•11m ago
Meanwhile in China…https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1017854

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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

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