This years hottest holiday toys compacted with the latest technology. But buyer beware. Are these gadgets actually safe . Andrew day has more in our cover story. Im listening to you. Reporter t talking through. Im listening to you. Reporter its just a demo, but the Public Interest Research Group is concerned that my friend kayla could double as a spy. If a stranger is within distance of the bluetooth connection then they can actually lisn in on your child, they can talk to your child. Reporte the interactive doll is already banned by german regulators. Kayla is just the beginning. Were already seeing that more of these internet of things toys are coming onto the market. Reporter genesis toys, which makes my friend kayla, did not respond to our request for comment. But according to the toy Industry Trade group there have been no reported incidents for the doll. But at least one Consumer Group has filed a complaint, with the federal trade commission which regula. Toy safety is the toy in
Holidays. There is nothing like seeing the joy on a childs face, whos opening presents, and many of this years hottest holiday toys compacted with the latest technology. But buyer beware. Are these gadgets actually safe . Andrew day has more in our cover story. Im listening to you. Reporter t talking through. Im listening to you. Reporter its just a demo, but the Public Interest Research Group is concerned that my friend kayla could double as a spy. If a stranger is within distance of the bluetooth connection then they can actually lisn in on your child, they can talk to your child. Reporte the interactive doll is already banned by german regulators. Kayla is just the beginning. Were already seeing that more of these internet of things toys are coming onto the market. Reporter genesis toys, which makes my friend kayla, did not respond to our request for comment. But according to the t Industry Trade group there have been no reported incidents for the doll. But at least one Consumer Gro
Opening presents, and many of this years hottest holiday toys compacted with the latest technology. But buyer beware. Are these gadgets actually safe . Andrew day has more in our cover story. Im listening to you. Reporter t talking through. Im listening to you. Reporter its just a demo, but the Public Interest Research Group is concerned that my friend kayla could double as a spy. If a stranger is within distance of the bluetooth connection then they can actually lisn in on your child, they can talk to your child. Reporte the interactive doll is already banned by german regulators. Kayla is just the beginning. Were already seeing that more of these internet of things toys are coming onto the market. Reporter genesis toys, which makes my friend kayla, did not respond to our request for comment. But according to the toy Industry Trade group there have been no reported incidents for the doll. But at least one Consumer Group has filed a complaint, with the federal trade commission which re
Your money, your life, your future now, becky quick we begin with your privacy your personal Financial Data and hackers. By now youve heard about the equifax data breach where names and Social Security numbers of 143 million americans were exposed. Well have more on that in just a minute first, andrea day on new risks to your atm or credit card this weeks cover story is card sharks atm skimming is over a 2 billion problem globally. Reporter that cash swiped by hightech thieves when you swipe at the atm or gas pump they use skimmers or card readers to grab the info but these arent any ordinary skimmers. Things are definitely getting more sophisticated. Reporter if you think you can spot them, think again the latest gadgets are stashed deep inside. Its unbelievably easy. Reporter security expert Chris Hadnagy found this for sale on the dark web its as thin as a credit card. And it slides into the slot and down its not even detectable. Reporter this one uses blue tooth so criminals just c
Experimenting with tipfree at lunch. The move is similar to the model fond in europe where the employees are paid a regular wage and tipping is rare. But thats a sharp contrast to u. S. Dining tradition. Workers who receive tips are only required by the federal government to be paid 2. 13 an hour. Thats an amount that hasnt been increased in 24 years. But some states have a higher tips minimum wage and seven even require tipped workers to be paid the full minimum wage. The average wage for wait staff is just over 18,000. Generally theres a big difference between the wait staff and those working in the back of the house earn because tips dont make their way to the back of the house to cooks. What do the people who will actually pay for it think . I kind of like the idea of tipping frankly. It seems to be a little more personal relationship with a service. You keep thinking why arent people just paying these people . Not just waiting for me to do a good turn. The question becomes will mo