There ’s a funny piece of footage circulating the cyberspace at the moment of a children ’s toy golem sway back and away and cuss its butt off . The toucan - shape toy is from Teksta and is heard to say " wanker " and " twat " over and over again as it nods and waves its wings around .
In the UK , those are pretty bad swear words . If you ’re being called a " wanker " , somebody is annoyed with you , to say the least . They are not words you ’d bear to hear from the Queen .
You may have already seen it in action . If not , here it is in full , sweary glory .
It ’s not the only plaything that ’s doing it . Earlier this twelvemonth , footage of " My Quaker Cayla " go around on YouTube , in which Cayla threatened to " kick the bullshit out of you " in response to someone suppose " hello " .
So far , so funny . But why are they doing this ?
Well , the solution is that they are surprisingly easy to hack . So much so , in fact , that those creditworthy for hacking the Toucan are warn parents to return it to the manufacturer post - haste . Not only can you hack its output , it ’s possible to make entree to its inner microphone , theoretically making it useful to anyone wishing to espy on your home .
security measures researchers atPen Tech Partnershacked the toys to play up the flaws in their invention . The first method acting of " chop " the Toucan is so well-fixed even your great grandfather could do it , and we do n’t mean your great granddad who was an electrical engineer . We mean the other one , who asks you how to operate the remote every Christmas .
Where it becomes minacious , however , is that through several simple whole step it ’s potential toturn the toy dog into a listening equipment .
What should you do if you ’re implicated about your youngster ’s toys ? The inquiry company recommend of the Toucan miniature :
" parent : do n’t grease one’s palms these toy . If you have one already , I suggest hark back it to the retail merchant . If you require to keep it , only allow the miniature to be used under closelipped parental supervising and assure it is switched off when not in use . "
They ’re also squall for retailers to cast out smart toys that " allow for piddling snooping on our Thomas Kyd " , exhort manufacturers to " take even the most basic steps towards procure wise toys " to keep these kind of attacks from happening .
Cayla , the toy above that peril to complain the shit out of you , is already ban in Germany .
