Advocacy groups urge COPPA, FTC Act review of kids'
safety accessory
Security
The smartwatch, a wearable piece of technology that functions as
a phone, a GPS tracker and an emergency alert system, promises to
make a big impact on how parents interact with their kids. By
tapping into Internet connectivity, smartwatches allow parents to
easily and quickly contact their child, allow children to send an
SOS message to their parents, and allow parents to track and find
their kids.
But according to advocacy groups, the smartwatches actually pose
a grave threat to their users.
Alarmed
Seven advocacy groups – including the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, the Center for Digital Democracy and the
Consumer Federation of America – are raising an alarm about
the devices. The groups claim that some popular smartwatch models
are hackable, while others sport features, such as an "SOS
button," that are essentially unreliable. They recently sent a
letter to the
