Don't believe the hype, we've just had a warning about supposedly ‘safe by design’ tech.
The HMD Fuse child-safety phone was taken off sale after serious security vulnerabilities were discovered.
This includes flaws which could expose a child’s live location and allow protections to be disabled.
https://www.ft.com/content/670b2b1d-7e4c-480e-9ed4-9f7f095d7860?syn-25a6b1a6=1
#privacy #surveillance #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Open Rights Group
npub1p2…3hjzg
2026-09-10 14:49:32 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…h39u
Author Public Key
npub1p2phu7kdl540vs6a89du6agkce6p8xaxtf65g9r0w7ful9vlncls83hjzgSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-09-10 14:49:32 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "cd2cc9d7545a45c4995befbb6a592bda4340838b2f0be4d36b0a32b8b46a2981",
"pubkey": "0a837e7acdfd2af6435d395bcd7516c674139ba65a7544146f7793cf959f9e3f",
"created_at": 1789051772,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"0a837e7acdfd2af6435d395bcd7516c674139ba65a7544146f7793cf959f9e3f"
],
[
"t",
"ukpol"
],
[
"t",
"ageverification"
],
[
"t",
"surveillance"
],
[
"e",
"2b75d4b22e840be2f00e0e69c350cd6da0653a9cd170fdb40e8142064ec6d4d0",
"",
"root",
"0a837e7acdfd2af6435d395bcd7516c674139ba65a7544146f7793cf959f9e3f"
],
[
"t",
"privacy"
],
[
"e",
"1d9491fab42e1fcef5ed5e91af8c86aa8aa2544e10783bc814e01801369ddce6",
"",
"reply",
"0a837e7acdfd2af6435d395bcd7516c674139ba65a7544146f7793cf959f9e3f"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/117247296981308998",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"onlinesafety"
],
[
"t",
"ukpolitics"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://social.openrightsgroup.org/users/openrightsgroup/statuses/117247296981308998",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://social.openrightsgroup.org/users/openrightsgroup/statuses/117247296981308998",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Don't believe the hype, we've just had a warning about supposedly ‘safe by design’ tech.\n\nThe HMD Fuse child-safety phone was taken off sale after serious security vulnerabilities were discovered.\n\nThis includes flaws which could expose a child’s live location and allow protections to be disabled.\n\nhttps://www.ft.com/content/670b2b1d-7e4c-480e-9ed4-9f7f095d7860?syn-25a6b1a6=1\n\n#privacy #surveillance #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol",
"sig": "97a55e6ceda86222b802a3ad5e2e757c019068f77b3843460aad4eaec3df19a0ee1fd2ff760111bd7c3e2b5822136bfe2ac5851936bfd56065d860e5e52b8783"
}