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Germany bans kids smartwatches, asks parents to destroy them
Garmany’s Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency (The Bundesnetzagentur) which oversees the country’s telecommunications has banned smartwatches for kids in the country calling them spying devices. It has also urged parents to destroy these watches mostly used by children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. (...)
“Via an app, parents can use such children’s watches to listen unnoticed to the child’s environment, and they are to be regarded as an unauthorized transmitting system,” said Homann.
According to Bundesnetzagentur’s press release, these watches have a SIM card and a limited telephony function, which are set up and controlled via an app. Such a monitoring function is often referred to as a “baby monitor” or “monitor function.” The app owner can specify that the watch, unnoticed by the carrier, calls any phone number. This enables him to listen unnoticed to the conversations of the watch wearer and his environment. Such a monitoring function is prohibited in Germany.
Germany bans kids smartwatches, asks parents to destroy them
Garmany’s Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency (The Bundesnetzagentur) which oversees the country’s telecommunications has banned smartwatches for kids in the country calling them spying devices. It has also urged parents to destroy these watches mostly used by children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. (...)
“Via an app, parents can use such children’s watches to listen unnoticed to the child’s environment, and they are to be regarded as an unauthorized transmitting system,” said Homann.
According to Bundesnetzagentur’s press release, these watches have a SIM card and a limited telephony function, which are set up and controlled via an app. Such a monitoring function is often referred to as a “baby monitor” or “monitor function.” The app owner can specify that the watch, unnoticed by the carrier, calls any phone number. This enables him to listen unnoticed to the conversations of the watch wearer and his environment. Such a monitoring function is prohibited in Germany.