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How smart toys spy on kids: what parents need to know
Toniebox, Tiptoi, and Tamagotchi are smart toys, offering interactive play through software and internet access. However, many of these toys raise privacy concerns, and some even collect extensive behavioral data about children, report researchers at the University of Basel.
Which toy collects more data than necessary? Which toy requires more permissions than necessary? Find the answers to these intriguing questions in the Uni-News:https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/How-smart-toys-spy-on-kids--what-parents-need-to-know.html
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- On Thursday, August 29, 2024, a radio interview with Prof. Dr. Isabel Wagner will be broadcast on the program "Impuls" on SWR Kultur starting at 4 PM (in German): https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/wissen-aktuell-impuls-2024-08-29-100.html
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There was a strong resonance in the German-Speaking media regarding this article, for example:"
- Nau: Beliebte Spielzeuge zeichnen Daten von Kindern auf
- Welt.de: Spionage im Kinderzimmer
- Heise.de: https://www.heise.de/news/Studie-Smarte-Kinderspielzeuge-haben-oft-mangelhaften-Datenschutz-9847746.html
- Beobachter: https://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/konsumentenschutz/musikbox-fur-kinder-sammelt-daten-die-nutzerinnen-merken-nix-745859
- Zuger Zeitung: Daten absaugen im Kinderzimmer: Diese Spielzeuge wissen, wie Ihr Kind tickt
- 20 Minuten: Die Toniebox will mehr über dein Kind wissen, als nötig ist
- MDR.de: Smart Toys: Wenn Spielzeug Kinder überwacht