Reply to post: Never mind the hackers, what about the parents?

Stalking cheap Chinese GPS child trackers is as easy as 123... 456 – because that's the default password on 600k+ of these gizmos

Christoph

Never mind the hackers, what about the parents?

"eavesdrop on the built-in microphone"

What does it do to those children, knowing that their parents can listen in on everything that they say or is said to them? Any time, any place, they are under constant monitoring. That could have life-long effects. It certainly won't lead them to trust their parents in anything.

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