According to the Voice of China of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, in recent years, children's smart watches with diverse functions, convenience and speed as the selling point have developed very quickly. Children think it is fun and good-looking, and parents are interested in the real-time positioning, accurate search, video calls and other functions of children's smart watches, which can be called "baby artifacts".
A large number of manufacturers have joined the competition in this field, which has also made children's smart watch brands numerous and mixed. Many parents report that things that were originally bought to make children safer have become "internal ghosts" that bring hidden dangers to their children's safety. For example, the sensitive permissions such as the positioning and calling of some cheap children's smart watches are not completely in the hands of parents, and the real-time location of children can not only be known by parents, but also by people with ulterior motives. Regulatory policy in this area does not seem to be very clear at present.
Children's smart watches are mixed
Some cheap products only cost a dozen yuan
Ms. Hu lives in Chengdu, her son is 5 years old this year, she plans to buy a children's smart watch for her children, and it is convenient to contact them at any time when the children are not in sight.
Ms. Hu: I'm showing him that I want my child to learn how to call with his watch and see where he is at any time.
Many parents told reporters that when choosing children's smart watches for their children, the main factors they consider are safety, followed by cost performance.
"It doesn't matter if the quality is good, it doesn't matter if it's expensive or not."
"Safety is the first priority, and then we think about the cost performance."
The reporter searched on multiple e-commerce platforms and found that there are many types of children's smart watches, and the sales of many stores are very large. And the price difference between these watches is also very large, and some even more than ten yuan can be free shipping. Most of the pages of merchants are written with slogans such as "precise positioning, 4G communication, waterproofing" and so on.
Low-priced watches tend to use lower versions of the system
Privacy such as positioning is easily leaked
The reporter consulted several merchants whose prices are more than ten yuan to tens of yuan, most of which cannot explain what system the watch uses, and some products with communication functions do not even have the "3C" logo.
He Yanzhe, deputy director of the Evaluation Laboratory of the Network Security Center of the China Electronics Technology Standardization Institute, said that some low-cost children's smart watches use early low-version Android systems, and after various Apps are installed, they can take away various sensitive permissions such as positioning, address book, microphone, camera and so on without user authorization. This means that they can easily access private information such as children's location, face images, and recordings.
He Yanzhe said that these manufacturers choose low-version systems for cost considerations, but ignore the safety of user use, bringing endless troubles to consumers. He pointed out that in some new versions of the system, some apps have mandatory requests for permissions such as user storage, and once the user refuses, there will be a flashback. The situation of app's mandatory claim is very harmful, "some users will compromise in order to use some functions, give the permission out, and the developer may continue to obtain the user's personal information through this permission." ”
Internet expert Liu Xingliang said that in addition to the quality and system problems of the product itself, criminals will also use children's curiosity to induce them to scan the code to download some information-stealing software or viruses.
Liu Xingliang: The first hidden danger is that these merchants have obtained a lot of permissions, which will expose children's privacy, such as positioning and behavior habits, which they have a very clear grasp. The second security risk is that some watches with a relatively low level of security may be planted with Trojan horses, and the child's watch will become a tool for others to make money. The third hidden danger is that after obtaining privacy, criminals will do some illegal behavior against the child, which may induce the child to play games or scan the code to shop.
Children's smart watches lack strict supervision
Parents are advised to buy a big brand with guarantees
Liu Xingliang believes that from the technical principle, many of the standard requirements of the mobile phone terminal are completely applicable to the intelligent terminal, and supervision should be strengthened.
He said that the current supervision of children's smart watches is relatively relaxed, and it is not really included in the focus of supervision. "Our mobile app is actually more strictly regulated now, but the watch app currently lacks more effective supervision."
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Zhang Changyou, dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence of Jiangxi Institute of Technology, suggested that there is currently no perfect technical standard for children's telephone watches, and consumers try to choose a large brand with guarantee when purchasing.
Zhang Changyou: At present, the smart phone watches in the domestic market are uneven, and the main inducing factors for the problem are the poor quality of the battery itself, and the flame retardant materials are not used inside the watch. Especially the watch battery itself, if the consistency is poor, or the pursuit of cheap materials, it is very easy to cause safety accidents. It is recommended that parents choose more secure big brands to buy, and it is also recommended that the relevant departments of the state increase the supervision of smart wearable devices, so that children and parents can experience the convenience brought by technology with confidence.