Posted on 12/06/2010 1:49:20 PM PST by NormsRevenge
(Reuters) - The FBI has issued a "cyber crime alert" for a new Barbie doll that comes equipped with a tiny hidden video camera in her chest, saying the toy could be misused to make child porn.
The report, issued by the FBI's Sacramento field office November 30 and titled "Barbie 'Video Girl' a Possible Child Pornography Production Method," warns that the doll's camera captures up to 30 minutes of footage that can be downloaded to a computer.
But an FBI spokeswoman downplayed the document, saying it was intended for internal use by law enforcement, not the media, and such warnings are not unusual. It was apparently sent to some news organizations by mistake.
"There have been no reported incidents of this doll being used as anything other than as intended," Washington-based FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer said, reading from a prepared statement.
"For clarification purposes, the alert's intent was to insure that law enforcement agencies were aware that the doll, like any other video-capable equipment, could contain evidence and to not disregard such an item during a search," she said.
Shearer added that the Situational Information Report had been "taken out of context" in the media and "our intent was to aid law enforcement in evidence gathering."
The Barbie Video Girl Doll, which is manufactured by Mattel and first went on sale in July, contains a small video camera in its chest, concealed inside a locket.
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According to the Mattel website, the doll, which sells for $49.99, has been nominated for 2011 Toy of the Year.
“Girls can record and play back clips with this multi-tasking doll, which has a video camera built right in,” the website says in part.
Oh no!!!! Videos of Ken being on top will flood the internet...
MAKE THIS INSANITY STOP......PLEASE.
All released by Ken’s publicist to reinflate his sagging career.
Better look out now, some cop see you with one, standing in line a Toys R Us... next thing you know a SWAT Team will be kicking in your door on a no-knock warrant looking for “child porn”...
There’s a youtube called “barbie gets hacked” where they remove the video recorder. It’s TINY, and could be used for covert recordings.
First they came for the chocolate brownies and I did not speak out because I did not eat chocolate brownies.
Then they came for the Barbie Dolls...
Barbie: Don't worry, Ken, trust me . . . .
Ken just hasn’t been the same guy since she dumped him for GI Joe.
We are lucky to live in a world where there is nothing interesting going on in the world of computer crime recently. < /sarcasm which goes to eleven>
Similar to my thoughts. We should worry about “Barbie porn” when the TSA is taking porno pics of their own in almost every major airport? What the hell is going on in this country?
The legal system we deserve.
That elephant in the room is going to have to be addressed someday, and it might as well be the 2012 presidential election. A candidate who says he or she will reduce the size of government by half or more will -- despite a long, horrified scream from the liberal media -- win in a walk.
I never thought I would hear the words "hidden butt screw" associated with Barbie. (he was talking about the bolt in her backside, you pervs)
The camera takes up most of her torso with the battery stored in her thigh. It isn't nearly as tiny as I thought it was when I just saw the lens.
If Barbie looks like this, I want some :-)
at the swearing in in 2013:
“... so help me God. [pause] I hereby dissolve all executive branch ‘alphabet’ agencies and bureaucracies.”
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