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| Hello Barbie has reportedly been modified following security concerns. |
by Brian Wheeler, Political reporter, BBC News, 9 December 2015
The security services could remotely take over children's toys and use them to spy on suspects, MPs have been told.
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill would place a legal duty on internet providers to assist in hacking devices.
But it would not be restricted to phones and PCs, a tech industry chief told the Commons science and technology committee.
Antony Walker, of techUK, said anything that connected to the internet could "in theory" be hacked into.
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