Title | Mozilla Report Ranks Holiday Tech Gifts by Considering Privacy and Security | |
Date | Friday November 16 2018, @08:14PM | |
Author | martyb | |
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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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