As new and improved anthropomorphic and pseudo-biological robot toys are hitting the market, and as they inevitably get wireless connectivity, a great opportunity exists for infecting them with identity stealing viruses.
Record and transmit audio and video of face images, pins being entered, credit card bills, shoot amateur porn -- the possibilities seem endless.-- theircompetitor, Mar 25 2005 (?) Not just thieves, they’re spies. http://www.cnn.com/...3/nsa.furby.ban.01/ [Shz, Mar 25 2005] Another thing Cheap_20Mine_20Removal_20DeviceRead the annos [DesertFox, Mar 25 2005] (?) Hack Furby http://www.homestead.com/hackfurby/ [jaksplat, Mar 26 2005] fur http://www.bing.com...q=furby&FORM=HDRSC2by [popbottle, Jan 01 2015] [furby speaks] "Thats good.......keep doing that....yeah, that's working. Now change places..."-- normzone, Mar 25 2005 2047 - "Honey! You have to take the dogbot to the vet, he's been infected with Jimmy Tarbuck again."-- wagster, Mar 25 2005 Heeheehee! I hate furbies.-- DesertFox, Mar 25 2005 2048: Furbies and Gnomes reach agreement for world domination.-- zeno, Mar 26 2005 aww, who boned Furby?-- theircompetitor, Mar 26 2005 The dirty pigeons love a bit of it!-- gnomethang, Mar 26 2005 They had this on an episode of the Simpsons.-- contracts, Mar 26 2005 //aww, who boned Furby?// Apparently, you're new to the world of "bizzare internet fetishes."-- AfroAssault, Mar 27 2005 *evil laugh*
A fluffy world domination scheme.-- themeh, Jan 08 2007 Not very familiar with these toys, but apparently they've been banned on military bases due to their ability to learn and repeat.-- normzone, Jan 01 2015 True, but it's nothing to do with security - more a matter of preventing Lieutenants developing inferiority complexes …-- 8th of 7, Jan 01 2015 random, halfbakery