[Cryptography] German govt tells parents to destroy WiFi-connected doll
Tom Mitchell
mitch at niftyegg.com
Thu Feb 23 21:01:56 EST 2017
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Jerry Leichter <leichter at lrw.com> wrote:
> > 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....
> Odd that they didn't require the maker to compensate the buyers.
>
It seems they are sufficiently illegal that
*Prohibited for these items are:*
- the possession <---- thus the destroy wording.
- the production
- the distribution
- the import
https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Anbieterpflichten/Datenschutz/MissbrauchSendeanlagen/Sendeanlagen-node.html
--
T o m M i t c h e l l
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/attachments/20170223/06e0dfb4/attachment.html>
More information about the cryptography
mailing list