German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking fears

Re:German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking f... by shawabawa3 on Friday February 17, 2017 @08:06AM (#13667987)

German is one of the 2 languages Alexa supports, so they must use it a little

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Re:German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking f... by onli on Friday February 17, 2017 @08:18AM (#13668069)

There are other countries speaking German, that have a different outlook on privacy.

However, as usual there are parts of the german society that won't have any issues using stuff like Alexa. "I have nothing to hide" is also a popular way of thinking in Germany, history be damned.

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Re:German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking f... by ulfw on Friday February 17, 2017 @09:26AM (#13668408)

What other countries? Neither Austria nor Switzerland have a much different view on privacy.

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Re:German parents told to destroy Cayla dolls over hacking f... by onli on Friday February 17, 2017 @09:51AM (#13668571)

I went out of an IT-project targeting Germany, France and Austria with the impression that the view on privacy in Austria is a lot more relaxed, and at least the interpretation of its privacy laws was less strict as well.

Could be a subjective impression, linked to the project and wrong when looking at the bigger society, but at least so far I believed it. I acknowledge that Austria was also part of the streetview hysteria that broke the project over here. Might be a differing indicator.

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