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posted by martyb on Friday November 16 2018, @08:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the watch-out-for-who-is-watching-you dept.

Mozilla releases privacy report on which holiday gadgets are too creepy

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Mozilla has released a privacy report on some popular gift options, which tells you if a gadget meets basic security standards like encrypting data and offering a clear privacy policy.

While the list isn't comprehensive, it looked at 70 popular items and found that a little over 25 of them meet Mozilla's minimum security standards. The most secure gadgets: the Nintendo Switch, a Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit that mixes wand magic and teaching kids how to code, and an open-source smart speaker called Mycroft Mark 1.

[...] According to Mozilla, the creepiest gadget out there is the FREDI Baby Monitor, which has a history of easily being hacked and a default password of "123" that you're not prompted to change. The FREDI Baby Monitor also lacks a privacy policy, and its company doesn't push out security updates to its devices.

Also at Engadget.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @08:54PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 16 2018, @08:54PM (#762842)

    As much as well all hate politics it is the unfortunate reality of being human. Politics is simply the fancy word we use for figuring out how to live together. Everything human is/can be political.

  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Friday November 16 2018, @09:09PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 16 2018, @09:09PM (#762845) Journal

    I agree. That is the point of view underlying my post, that politics follows everything. I just wanted to highlight that I view this as an example of how that can be good in open source.

    I feel like there's a social expectation to hear the word "politics" and expectorate a disgusting black blob into a spittoon. And with governmental politics being what they are, who can blame anyone for that. But I do like to remember that taking a political position can be a nearly unambiguously good thing.