European Commission – RGPD : Children’s smartwatch recalled over data fears

BBC Cybernews

« The European Commission has ordered the recall of a children’s smartwatch because it leaves them open to being contacted and located by attackers. »

« Data sent to and from the watch was unencrypted allowing data to be easily taken and changed, … »

« A malicious user can send commands to any watch making it call another number of his choosing, can communicate with the child wearing the device or locate the child through GPS, » wrote the Commission in its alert notice. »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47130269