LeapFrog has done lots to fix the security of the LeapPad. Now all that’s left is for parents to scrape Pet Chat off of older tablets.
Tag Archives: children
TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety
It’s already gotten hit with the biggest-ever US child privacy fine, and now it might be facing a fine for GDPR violations.
YouTube bans kids’ live-streaming without an adult present
In another step to scrape pedophiles off the bottom of its shoe YouTube is banning youngsters from live-streaming without adult supervision.
Kids’ GPS watches are still a security ‘train wreck’
Anyone could have accessed the entire database, including a child’s location, on Gator watches and other models that share its back end.
Kids’ VTech tablets vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers
Attackers can boobytrap what should be access to only parent-vetted sites and can take over the webcam, speakers and microphone.
Parents slam “weirdo” fraudsters for using child’s Facebook pic for cash
Did you help spread the viral scowling Pop-Tart™-deprived kid photo last week? Can’t be helped, mom said, but using it to raise cash was “lame.”
Hacking MiSafes’ smartwatches for kids is child’s play
Researchers describe breaking into the watches as “probably the simplest hack we have ever seen.”
Children’s apps contain an average of 7 third-party trackers, study finds
Android apps in the “Family” category had a surprisingly high number of trackers embedded in them.
Beware: WhatsApp scammers target children with ‘Olivia’ porn message
“I can send a picture where all of us are together,” says “Olivia,” before sending a porn URL. Tell kids not to click!
7-year-old’s avatar sexually assaulted on “family-friendly” Roblox
Her shocked mother grabbed screenshots that show her daughter’s avatar knocked flat and an unambiguous animation of a penis.