http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31502898
Oh, I can't see any possible problems with that. Let's see. Like Siri, et al, the computing power, and data storage, for parsing what the kid says is undoubtedly elsewhere. (Mattel? Apple? Microsoft? the NSA?) So, everything your kid says around the doll is going somewhere, and being stored. (Forever?) Everything you, or anybody else, says around the doll is being stored. Then what kind of algorithm is being used to "feed" jokes and games? There wouldn't be *any* possibility that someone could tweak the agenda here, is there? No possibility of propaganda aimed at the kids? And I'm *sure* that Mattel has thought long and hard about the security of all those transactions. They'd all be protected by bullet-proof crypto, authentication and security so that no attacker could hijack the stream. You know, no crooks trying to find out if the kid is home alone with only an inexperienced babysitter, no child pornographers teaching kids how to use Webcams, no pedophiles setting up meets with the kids ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org We die only once, and for such a long time. - Moliere victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.