by Michael Peter Edson “The location-tracking ‘MiSafe’ smartwatch may not be as safe as the name proclaims. According to security researchers from Pen Test Partners, the watches are easy to hack as they do not encrypt the data they use or secure each child’s account. The researchers found that they could track children’s movements, surreptitiously listen in to their activities and make spoof calls to the watches that appeared to be from parents.” — MiSafe’s Child-Tracking Smartwatches Are Easy To Hack, posted by BeauHD on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:03PM from the not-so-safe-after-all dept