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professorDissociate t1_j2bza7b wrote

Reply to comment by lynnwoodblack in Experts warn smart toys for children could be collecting user data that might be sold by AmethystOrator

Does smart inherently mean networking hardware/software was installed? Genuinely asking because I did not know as much.

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lynnwoodblack t1_j2c3i9g wrote

Basically, yes. If it's smart it almost always has to connect to another piece of hardware and since your wifi is already there. Why not piggyback on it?

There used to be some "smart" devices that you could program to work off a clock that was built into the device or hardwire to a separate sensor or something like that but I think they're all gone now. Wireless is just too convenient and the data that can be taken from you is just too valuable to pass up.

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