Vent: My kid's smartwatch got hacked and I had to lock it down

My son's cheap smartwatch started getting weird text messages from a number we didn't know last month. I looked it up and found out the default password on the app was just '123456'. I changed it to a long, random one I saved in my password manager and turned off the location sharing feature in the settings. Has anyone else had to deal with securing one of these kids' gadgets?

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anna_grant5d ago

Same thing happened with my daughter's tablet!

kai_lee355d ago

Wait, was it a software update that bricked it? I heard that's been happening a lot lately.