What are the hidden dangers of banning children's watches and children's smart watches in Germany
4hw.org: in the past two years, children's telephone watches have caught fire in China. Many businesses have put out safe and convenient slogans. Many parents are eager to pay for them. But are children's smart watches really safe? Recently, a German government department announced that children's watches will be completely banned. Why?
According to the BBC, the federal network regulatory agency of Germany has announced a ban on the sale of children's watches. In addition, parents should destroy existing children's watches now It said it had taken measures against several companies that sell children's watches online.
Jochen Homann, head of the agency, said that through mobile phone software, parents can monitor the surrounding environment through children's watches, which has constituted an illegal communication system.
According to their research, children's watches were used to monitor teachers' lessons, the person in charge said. It also requires German schools to pay close attention to whether students wear children's watches.
According to reports, the German government also banned another doll with communication function, 'my friend Cayla', for the same reason as children's watch.
A person in the industry said that the German government's ban will have a huge impact on the Internet of things industry Ken Munro, an industry insider, said that smart devices with poor security performance would violate personal privacy, including children's watches with GPS positioning function, which were originally used to protect children's safety.
The gap in regulatory policy in the area of the Internet of things is alarming, the person said, with some less demanding manufacturers selling very dangerous smart products.
In the Chinese market, the children's watch market has exploded rapidly in recent years. In the just concluded double 11 promotions, some manufacturers' children's watches have also achieved sales of several hundred thousand.
Similar to China, children's watches in Germany are mainly sold to children between the ages of 5 and 12. The watch is equipped with SIM card, which can realize the function of mobile communication. In addition, parents can control the watch through smart phone.
In October, the Norwegian Consumer Council reported that some children's watches had security problems, such as not encrypting the stored privacy data. This means that hackers can easily attack children's watches, obtain their current location information, or deliberately display the wrong location. Later, the two manufacturers announced that they had fixed the security holes in children's watches.
A head of the Norwegian Consumer Council said the German government's ban warned manufacturers of children's mobile products that their safety must be improved. He also called for greater security for children's mobile devices within the EU.