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Germany Bans Kids’ Smartwatches, Classifies Them as Illegal Spying Devices

17th November, 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu

 

Kids smartwatches

 

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), the country’s telecommunications agency, has banned the sale of children’s smartwatches after it classified such devices as “prohibited listening devices.”

The ban was announced earlier today. The Agency said it “already taken action against several offers on the Internet.”

 

The ban has nothing to do with the public service announcement published online by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) last month.

 

In mid-October, BEUC has warned parents that many kids’ smartwatches are plagued by security flaws that allow attackers to track children and listen to their conversations.

 

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