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Faculty of Science and Information Technology => Recent Technologies and Trends in Software Engineering => Software Engineering => Cyber and Software Security => Topic started by: maruf.swe on March 29, 2019, 11:24:00 PM

Title: Attackers Can Track Kids’ Locations via Connected Watches
Post by: maruf.swe on March 29, 2019, 11:24:00 PM

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A severe flaw exposes sensitive information for 35,000 kids and 20,000 individual accounts.

Despite ongoing warnings about connected watches and toys endangering kids’ privacy and potentially their physical safety, makers of these Internet of Things gadgets continue to turn out products that do just that. The latest concern is a gamut of kids’ GPS-tracking watches, which were found to be exposing sensitive data involving 35,000 children — including their location, in real time.

For More Details : https://threatpost.com/kid-tracking-watches-location-data/141335/ (https://threatpost.com/kid-tracking-watches-location-data/141335/)