A Survey on Purchase Intention of Hello Barbie in Brazil and Argentina

Fantinato, Marcelo; Hung, Patrick C. K.; Jiang, Ying; Roa, Jorge; Villarreal, Pablo David; Melaisi, Mohammed; Amâncio, Fernanda

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62072-5_3

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“…Hello Barbie has been extensively scrutinized for its privacy and security practices [14], [25], [38]. It encourages children to divulge intimate details, which are then shared with Mattel's partner, ToyTalk, and with parents through the web portal [29], [54], presenting legal implications if a child discloses any physical or sexual abuse to the toy [34].…”

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Playing With Danger: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Threats to Smart Toys

Shasha

Mahmoud

Mannan

et al. 2019

IEEE Internet Things J.

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Smart toys have captured an increasing share of the toy market, and are growing ubiquitous in households with children. Smart toys are a subset of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, containing sensors, actuators, and/or artificial intelligence capabilities. They frequently have internet connectivity, directly or indirectly through companion apps, and collect information about their users and environments. Recent studies have found security flaws in many smart toys that have led to serious privacy leaks, or allowed tracking a child's physical location. Some well-publicized discoveries of this nature have prompted actions from governments around the world to ban some of these toys. Compared to other IoT devices, smart toys pose unique risks because of their easily-vulnerable user base, and our work is intended to define these risks and assess a subset of toys against them. We provide a classification of threats specific to smart toys in order to unite and complement existing adhoc analyses, and help comprehensive evaluation of other smart toys. Our vulnerability taxonomy addresses the potential security and privacy flaws that can lead to leakage of private information or allow an adversary to control the toy to lure, harm, or distress a child. Using this taxonomy, we perform a thorough experimental analysis of eleven smart toys and their companion apps. Our systematic analysis has uncovered that several current toys still expose children to multiple threats for attackers with physical, nearby, or remote access to the toy.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Playing With Danger: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Threats to Smart Toys

Shasha

Mahmoud

Mannan

et al. 2019

IEEE Internet Things J.

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“…Smart toys have provoked both relevant debates in the press media [Mathews 2017, Harris 2015] and scientific research, mainly related to children's data privacy such as the perceptions regarding smart toys and privacy in different countries [Fantinato et al 2017, Fantinato et al 2018, privacy risks that the context brought to light [Hung et al 2016a, Albuquerque et al 2019, proposed solutions to preserving privacy [Albuquerque et al 2020, Albuquerque et al 2022], the issues and consequences which involve related to their complexity, and the prospect of market growth. However, an equally relevant issue, but probably more difficult to define, understand and solve, has been overlooked or even neglected: the risks of the harmful behavior that smart toys built with inductive reasoning implemented in machine learning strategies could perform.…”

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confidence: 99%

An exploratory research about ethical issues on a smart toy: The Hello Barbie case study

Albuquerque

Fantinato

Peres

et al. 2022

Anais Do III Workshop Sobre as Implicações Da Computação Na Sociedade (WICS 2022)

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Smart toys are becoming increasingly present in children's lives, reinforcing the relevance of this market niche. Advances in user interfaces and artificial intelligence have been incorporated into smart toys to provide greater autonomy and inductive reasoning skills through machine learning. However, machine learning embedded in smart toys not only brings benefits but also potential problems of bias, possibly related to prejudice and discrimination. This work aims to explore Mattel's Hello Barbie smart toy in a case study, seeking to analyze its knowledge base and conversational functionality to identify possible ethical issues that could cause harm to children. The intention is to show unknown risks that can occur in the evolution's process of smart toys.

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“…Using these disruptive technologies can benefit society, but it can also bring issues related to privacy and confidentiality, discrimination and prejudice, freedom of expression and choice, etc. These ethical issues are also shared between social robots and smart toys (Rafferty et al ., 2015, 2017; Hung et al ., 2016; Fantinato et al ., 2017, 2018a, b, 2020; Chang et al ., 2019; Albuquerque et al ., 2020a, b). Smart cities-related ethical frameworks should be followed when using social robots (Chang, 2021).…”

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Effects of social robots on depressive symptoms in older adults: a scoping review

Araujo

Fantinato

Peres

et al. 2021

LHT

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PurposeThis review scopes evidence on the use of social robots for older adults with depressive symptoms, in the scenario of smart cities, analyzing the age-related depression specificities, investigated contexts and intervention protocols' features.Design/methodology/approachStudies retrieved from two major databases were selected against inclusion and exclusion criteria. Studies were included if used social robots, included older adults over 60, and reported depressive symptoms measurements, with any type of research design. Papers not published in English, published as an abstract or study protocol, or not peer-reviewed were excluded.Findings28 relevant studies were included, in which PARO was the most used robot. Most studies included very older adults with neurocognitive disorders living in long-term care facilities. The intervention protocols were heterogeneous regarding the duration, session duration and frequency. Only 35.6% of the studies had a control group. Finally, only 32.1% of the studies showed a significant improvement in depression symptoms.Originality/valueDespite the potential for using social robots in mental health interventions, in the scenario of smart cities, this review showed that their usefulness and effects in improving depressive symptoms in older adults have low internal and external validity. Future studies should consider factors as planning the intervention based on well-established supported therapies, characteristics and needs of the subjects, and the context in which the subjects are inserted.

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A Survey on Purchase Intention of Hello Barbie in Brazil and Argentina

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Playing With Danger: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Threats to Smart Toys

Playing With Danger: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Threats to Smart Toys

An exploratory research about ethical issues on a smart toy: The Hello Barbie case study

Effects of social robots on depressive symptoms in older adults: a scoping review

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