‘Tis the season to be tracked by your connected water bottle
The FREDI baby monitor has been ranked creepiest connected home gadget on offer this festive season in a survey by Mozilla.
According to Mozilla, the babycam uses a default password of « 123 » that users aren’t forced to change, it doesn’t use encryption and has a history of being hacked – earning it a « super creepy » tag from the foundation.
Researchers at Mozilla probed 70 connected toys, games, smartphone kit and other gadgets for its second annual Privacy Not Included test, ahead of Black Friday and the Christmas gift-buying rush.
They asked five questions, including whether the device can spy on its owners, and how it is controlled or secured – concerns that are regularly raised about kids’ toys that fail to protect the data they slurp on their owners.
Mozilla also assessed devices against a set of minimum security requirements, such as use of encryption and strong passwords if there is a point of contact for reporting a vulnerability.
