Spyware for Babies
AI-powered baby monitors like Nanit, which raised $50 million, collect extensive infant data, raising privacy and surveillance concerns.
A New York Times report covered by Schneier on Security describes how baby-monitoring companies such as Nanit are expanding AI-based 24/7 health tracking of infants. Nanit recently raised $50 million to add tracking of speech and language development and motor skills via its camera, while extending its bedroom presence into early adolescence. The post highlights the already extensive level of baby data collection and its expected growth.
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