Paying for Children's Watch Chaos Without a Password Who's Who?
The "smartphone" strapped to the wrist can play games, take pictures and search for questions
Entering the summer vacation, major brands of children's smart watches have entered a peak of sales. On the e-commerce platform, the sales of children's watches of brands such as Xiaocai, Huawei, and Xiaomi are the top, and the monthly sales of a single brand and single store exceed 50,000.
A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found that children's smart watches can be socialized, photographed, and surfed the Internet, and are very popular among students.
And because only those of the same brand can "friend" each other, it has become a social tool for children.
At the same time, a lot of bad content, game apps disguised as educational content, and search software, etc., have also "sneaked" into children's lives through children's smart watches.
In addition, children's smart watches also have problems such as no password verification required for App payment and information leakage.
Is a children's smartwatch a watch or a "smartphone"?
Who will supervise children's 'smart watches'?
In response to these issues, Beiqing Daily reporters launched an investigation.
Phenomenon
Children's watches have become
kids social tools
Ms. Hao from Beijing recently spent more than 1,000 yuan at a counter in a shopping mall to buy a children's smartwatch for her son who is in elementary school.
She said: "The child asks for it before the summer vacation, because there are all the classmates in the class." According to the clerk, children's watches are very popular, and more than ten pieces are sold every day recently.
The clerk said the children's smartwatch is as powerful as a "smartphone".
For example, a sim card can be inserted, and the functions that can be used are very similar to those of mobile phones, including: real-time calls, precise positioning, downloading apps from the app store, etc. In addition, you can also take pictures, use built-in learning apps, and synchronize sports records.
A student who is choosing a smart watch told the Beijing Youth Daily that in addition to contacting parents, social chatting with classmates, taking pictures, and surfing the Internet are all used more.
On the e-commerce platform, a reporter from Beiqing Daily searched for "children's watches", and more than 5,000 results appeared, with various brands and prices ranging from more than 20 yuan to nearly 2,000 yuan.
Among them, domestic brands include Xiaotiancai, Xiaomi, Huawei and other top-selling products. These products are priced at more than 500 yuan, the highest price is nearly 2,000 yuan, and the monthly sales of single products are all more than 5,000 pieces.
During the investigation, a reporter from Beiqing Daily found that different brands of children's watches have different ways of adding friends.
For example, the little genius children's watch is "touch and touch" to add friends; the Huawei children's watch is "shaking" to add friends; the Xiaomi children's watch is "approaching through settings" to add friends, and other brands such as 360 and other children's watches, all Need to add the watch of the same brand as a friend.
"In fact, because many schools do not allow mobile phones but allow watches, children's watches have become the only electronic product that can be brought into schools," said one parent. The classmates all use the little geniuses, in order to make friends."
Find
Apps induce underage consumption
Parents complain about poor supervision of the platform
A parent told the Beiqing Daily reporter that there are a lot of apps in children's watches that interfere with children's learning, wasting children's time.
"Some can play online games, some can send red envelopes to each other, and some can directly take pictures and search for questions. In fact, the download of the app requires instructions, but our parents use electronic products not as good as children's, so many watches are actually children's watches. I'm doing it myself. I didn't expect such a child-friendly application in a small watch!"
A parent revealed: Recently, I found in my mobile phone payment record that there was a deduction showing 299 yuan. It turned out that the child purchased the "Smart Pet School App" course when using a certain brand of children's smart watch, but it was strange. Yes, I did not enter a password myself.
"I don't know, binding the child's children's watch means that the password-free payment is simultaneously opened." The above-mentioned parents said.
During the operation, he found that he can also transfer "pocket money" to his child's watch through his mobile phone, and this step also does not require password verification.
Some parents said that after binding the parent's mobile phone number, a game "Jimmy Cat" built into the children's watch can be directly associated with WeChat to deduct money without password verification again.
A parent revealed that there were hundreds of apps that could be downloaded in children's watches, many of which were in the name of "puzzle", "learning" and "thinking", but they were actually for "cutting leeks". It sells VIP services for 402 yuan a year, and some induce children to buy skins similar to those in the game, which costs 39 yuan. "Children have no concept of payment, because the payment is successful with one button, and there is no need to go through the parents at all."
A reporter from Beiqing Daily found that there have been hundreds of similar complaints on the Internet. Most parents think that the platform is not regulated well. On the one hand, there is not enough information about the secret-free deduction. On the other hand, there are apps in the watch application mall that induce minors to consume. Happening.
In addition, some security experts have proposed that all the information of the current children's smart watch is on the background server. The attacker can use the vulnerability to query the server connected to the smart watch to view the customer information, and directly view the child's geographic location and location according to the corresponding ID. Real-time monitoring of children's geographic coordinates, daily activity trajectories, environmental recordings and other privacy content.
It is worth mentioning that many children's phone watch brands do not limit the number of times the verification code can be entered, and anyone can enter an unlimited number of times.
The four-digit verification code only needs to be entered by the computer more than 90,000 times to try it out. Once it is tried, the password can be reset.
focus on
Regulate the children's smart hardware market
Experts suggest regulatory punches
Not only children's watches, but also other products for minors, such as smart watches, smart speakers, tablet computers, and early education story machines.
It is worth noting that on July 18, the Central Network Information Office and other departments will organize a two-month special campaign, focusing on short video live broadcasts, social networking, learning apps, online games, and e-commerce that are frequently used by minors. , children's smart devices and other platforms, focus on solving the chaos involving minors.
This activity strengthens the information content management of smart devices such as smart watches, smart speakers, tablet computers, and early education story machines specially designed for minors, conducts in-depth investigations of voice, video, text, pictures, games and other scenarios, and comprehensively cleans up illegal and bad information .
Ding Shaojiang, a senior industrial economic analyst and founder of Nail Technology, said to a reporter from Beiqing Daily: "Security for children's smart hardware must be the foundation, including the security of the hardware itself and the security of content. On the one hand, manufacturers need to focus on functional development and business Exercise restraint and self-discipline in monetization to ensure that the bottom line of safety is not breached; on the other hand, relevant national authorities can set detailed access standards in terms of security, especially in content review, so as to regulate the children's smart hardware market development of."
Internet observer Ge Jia told the Beiqing Daily reporter: "Children's smartwatches were originally a subdivision of smart hardware, only providing some simple functions such as positioning and emergency communication, and the price was also about one or two hundred yuan. However, manufacturers continue to Adding functions to children's smart watches, and then obtaining greater commercial benefits. This is why 200 yuan watches are gradually becoming 2,000 yuan."
"There is a lack of supervision in this industry." Ge Jia said frankly, "Supervision must use a thunderous fist to solve the problem quickly, thoroughly and effectively."
Text / reporter Wen Jing
Coordination / Yu Meiying