<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Jerry Leichter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leichter@lrw.com" target="_blank">leichter@lrw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> A German government watchdog has ordered parents to "destroy" an internet-connected doll for fear it could be used as a surveillance device.  According to a report from BBC News, the German Federal Network Agency said the doll (which contains a microphone and speaker) was equivalent to a "concealed transmitting device" and therefore prohibited under German telecom law....<br>
Odd that they didn't require the maker to compensate the buyers.<br></blockquote><div><br>It seems they are sufficiently illegal that  <br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:1em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:bundessansweb,calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Prohibited for these items are:</strong></p><ul class="gmail-left" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:bundessansweb,calibri,helvetica,sans-serif;list-style:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 11px;background:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBAAEALMAAAZShNDe6HKdulOIqrHJ2O/09xVci+Dp8MHU4IKowQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAHAP8ALAAAAAAEAAQAAAQLsCRSBgBBAHMK6hEAOw==") 0px 9px no-repeat"><font style="margin:0px;padding:0px">the possession  <---- thus the destroy wording.</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 11px;background:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBAAEALMAAAZShNDe6HKdulOIqrHJ2O/09xVci+Dp8MHU4IKowQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAHAP8ALAAAAAAEAAQAAAQLsCRSBgBBAHMK6hEAOw==") 0px 9px no-repeat"><font style="margin:0px;padding:0px">the production</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 11px;background:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBAAEALMAAAZShNDe6HKdulOIqrHJ2O/09xVci+Dp8MHU4IKowQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAHAP8ALAAAAAAEAAQAAAQLsCRSBgBBAHMK6hEAOw==") 0px 9px no-repeat"><font style="margin:0px;padding:0px">the distribution</font></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 11px;background:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBAAEALMAAAZShNDe6HKdulOIqrHJ2O/09xVci+Dp8MHU4IKowQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAAHAP8ALAAAAAAEAAQAAAQLsCRSBgBBAHMK6hEAOw==") 0px 9px no-repeat"><font style="margin:0px;padding:0px">the import</font></li></ul></div><div><br><a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Anbieterpflichten/Datenschutz/MissbrauchSendeanlagen/Sendeanlagen-node.html">https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Anbieterpflichten/Datenschutz/MissbrauchSendeanlagen/Sendeanlagen-node.html</a><br><br><br><br> <br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">  T o m    M i t c h e l l</div></div>
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