Dr. Web: Most smartwatches for kids are poorly protected This was reported by the Bleeping Computer.
Journalists refer to the report of the company Dr. Web, which analyzed several popular devices. According to the authors, in most cases, wearable devices designed to control parents over their children have weak protection and can be easily hacked.
For example, in the popular Elari Kidphone 4G, they found three hidden modules that secretly transmit information about the movement of their carrier. By default, data transmission through the named interfaces occurs every eight hours, but the interval can be configured. The company's engineers were concerned that the device's modules could be configured to install malicious applications.
The most affordable gadget in the collection – the Wokka Lokka Q50 tracker for $ 15 – was described by experts as a device with a weak password by default. The researchers also found that all data transmitted between the watch and the server is not encrypted. Elari FixiTime Lite and Smart Baby Watch Q19 have also found the use of an unencrypted HTTP protocol, which attackers can potentially break into and find out the child's movement history.
“Parents should be careful when buying cheap smartwatches for their children from- for the risks associated with connecting them to the Internet, ”the experts noted. Bleeping Computer journalists requested a comment from device manufacturers, but did not receive a prompt response.
At the end of summer, representatives of M.Video-Eldorado said that sales of smartwatches outstripped sales of fitness trackers for the first time. “About ten percent of the total volume of the segment accounted for children's watches,” the experts noted.