Some children’s toys include microphones and cameras that simulate conversations, and record video of their play time. The toys use the microphone to listen to a child’s question, relays the speech over the home’s wifi network to the vendor’s cloud computers. The question is then analyzed, and a response is provided back to the child. The speech can also be viewed and recorded using a smartphone application.
- Examples: Hello Barbie, My Friend Cayla, HereO
- Technologies: voice recognition, wifi
- More information: For information concerning the risk of disclosure of personal information from these devices, see http://www.computerworld.com/article/3012173/security/this-is-why-tech-toys-are-dangerous.html
