New Barbie May Spy On You

Posted by | February 21, 2015 21:00 | Filed under: Pot Luck Top Stories

Republish
Reprint


First it was your television, and now the new, interactive Barbie, will record conversations that will keep information in a cloud. Toy talks privacy page says:

“When users interact with ToyTalk, we may capture photographs or audio or video recordings (the “Recordings”) of such interactions, depending upon the particular application being used.”

“We may use, transcribe and store such Recordings to provide and maintain the Service, to develop, test or improve speech recognition technology and artificial intelligence algorithms, and for other research and development or internal purposes.”

“We may make such Recordings available to the parent account holder and permit the parent account holder to share such Recordings with third parties.”

ToyTalk CEO Oren Jacob told The Register that none of what children say will be used in advertising and parents will get daily or weekly emails to document what their child has been saying to the doll, which goes on sale later this year for $74.99.

Don’t forget to “like” us on Facebook

Click here for reuse options!
Copyright 2015 Liberaland
By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

11 responses to New Barbie May Spy On You

  1. nola878 February 21st, 2015 at 21:24

    Uh…this is way beyond creepy…

  2. nola878 February 21st, 2015 at 22:24

    Uh…this is way beyond creepy…

  3. bluejayray February 21st, 2015 at 21:56

    Why would anyone want a toy that reported your conversations to the cloud. Or a car that could be located by its GPS. Or a TV that could spy on you. I read 1984 back in the 60s, when it was considered to be science fiction. Who knew that Orwell was only off by a few decades.

  4. $134608037 February 21st, 2015 at 22:56

    Why would anyone want a toy that reported your conversations to the cloud. Or a car that could be located by its GPS. Or a TV that could spy on you. I read 1984 back in the 60s, when it was considered to be science fiction. Who knew that Orwell was only off by a few decades.

  5. fancypants February 21st, 2015 at 22:03

    ToyTalk CEO Oren Jacob told The Register that none of what children say will be used in advertising and parents will get daily or weekly emails to document what their child has been saying to the doll, which goes on sale later this year for $74.99.
    ——————————————————–
    74 bucks for a recording / talking plastic doll that sends out emails ?
    I would rather buy the kid an iphone

    • Carla Akins February 22nd, 2015 at 06:09

      but a phone would do nothing to undermine a young girls self-confidence and provide her a life of self-doubt due to unrealistic expectations.

      • Gindy51 February 22nd, 2015 at 16:14

        Not to mention allow mum and dad to spy on what the child says to the doll. Dog forbid my parents ever having learned what I said to my dolls.

      • fancypants February 22nd, 2015 at 20:44

        on the other hand she will have an iphone and her classmates wont.

  6. fancypants February 21st, 2015 at 23:03

    ToyTalk CEO Oren Jacob told The Register that none of what children say will be used in advertising and parents will get daily or weekly emails to document what their child has been saying to the doll, which goes on sale later this year for $74.99.
    ——————————————————–
    74 bucks for a recording / talking plastic doll that sends out emails ?
    I would rather buy the kid an iphone

    • Carla Akins February 22nd, 2015 at 07:09

      but a phone would do nothing to undermine a young girls self-confidence and provide her a life of self-doubt due to unrealistic expectations.

      • fancypants February 22nd, 2015 at 21:44

        on the other hand she will have an iphone and her classmates wont.

Leave a Reply