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Technology
Mike Prospero

DId you buy a cheap GPS tracker for your kid? Here’s why you should throw it out immediately.

Girl looking at smartwatch on her wrist.

Did you buy a cheap GPS tracker for your kid? There’s a good chance that you’re not the only one who’s watching your kid.

Last week, a story in Wired revealed that security researchers were able to hack into a platform used by dozens, if not hundreds, of GPS kids watches, which allowed them to not only track a child’s location, but also remotely control a camera on the watch, and leaving them vulnerable to changing things like the emergency contact, or being able to silently eavesdrop on the child.

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