Hello Barbie :The Creepy Doll That Spies on Kids ... and their Parents

[TheNutcracker]

Mattel’s latest doll Hello Barbie dialogs with children, records their answers and sends the information back to a database via Wifi and Bluetooth.

Hello Barbie is “the world’s first interactive Barbie doll” … and it is rather creepy. Equipped with a microphone and internet connectivity, the doll asks questions to children, records their answers and send the information back to Mattel servers where it is filed and processed by a powerful algorithm.



http://vigilantcitizen.com/latestnews/hello-barbie-the-creepy-doll-that-spies-on-kids-and-their-parents/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=barbie+Email

[NYC_SKP]

1. "to monitor and analyze usage and trends and demographic information"

Just part of the creepy language about the recording and analysis of information.

This data will be sold to marketing companies, just the same thing that makes Facebook such a money maker, even though it's a free service.

[Art_from_Ark]

3. Taking Talking Tina to the next level

[ND-Dem]

2. wtf? whose bright idea was this, and why?

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. Creepy...

Wait till Barbs starts instructing little girls while they're asleep to do creepy things. Like "go take your moms credit card and read me the numbers".

[surrealAmerican]

5. This is reminding me of a sci-fi short story ...

... I Always Do What Teddy Says. I looked it up written by Harry Harrison in 1965.

[cyberswede]

6. Jesus Christ

In my day, we made up our own dialog between our Barbies, Kens and Skippers.

The creepy spy factor aside, why does your doll need to talk back to you?

[Archae]

7. I'd suggest reading this article, not the one linked.

The website in the link is a frothing conspiracy theory nutcase site.

Other headlines there:

"A Prophetic Clip From a 1981 Sitcom Explains the Rockefellers’ Trilateral Commission and the NWO Agenda (video)"

"Children Describe Satanic Ritual Abuse and Sacrifice (Updated) (video)"

Try this one.

http://www.thestar.com/business/2015/03/16/mattel-in-hot-water-over-interactive-hello-barbie.html

[hunter]

8. The talking Bild Lilli doll for adults is going to be awesome!

Bild Lilli was Barbie's mom.

Lilli was post-war, sassy and ambitious and had no reservations talking about sex. As she had her own job she earned her own money as a secretary but wasn't above hanging out with rich men ("I could do without balding old men but my budget couldn't!&quot . The cartoon always consisted of a picture of Lilli talking to girlfriends, boyfriends, her boss ("As you were angry when I was late this morning I will leave the office at five p.m. sharp!&quot . The quips underneath the cartoons handled topics ranging from fashion (to a policeman who told her that two-piece-swimsuits are banned: "Which piece do you want me to take off?&quot , politics ("Of course I'm interested in politics; no one should ignore the way some politicians dress!&quot and even the beauty of nature ("The sunrise is so beautiful that I always stay late at the nightclub to see it!&quot . The last Lilli cartoon appeared on January 5, 1961.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild_Lilli_doll