This 'smart' Barbie is raising concerns over children's privacy
Privacy campaigners are demanding that toymaker Mattel halts the production of Hello Barbie, a Wi-Fi enabled doll that records children’s conversations to learn about their likes, dislikes, and ambitions. Mattel says the doll’s voice-recognition technology allows it have a “unique relationship” with its owner, but advocates from the Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood (CCFC) say the new technology could be exploited.
Intimate conversations are “recorded and analyzed.”
“If I had a young child, I would be very concerned that my child’s intimate conversations with her doll were being recorded and analyzed,” said Angela Campbell, a law professor and a privacy specialist, in a statement from the CCFC. “In Mattel’s demo, Barbie asks…
Source:: The Verge
