Remember a few months back when I warned John Biggs that spycam Barbie was child abuse waiting to happen Well guess what, America I freaking CALLED IT.

The FBI &8211' avid TechCrunch TV readers to a man -a4s‚ just made the plastic dolla4s‚ the subject of an official FBI memo, with agents warned that she might be implicated in sex crimes. Like a plastic Julian Assange.

Says the Huffington Post&8230'

&8216'Beware of Barbie. That seems to be the message from the FBI after an internal memo reportedly leaked from the agency&'s Sacramento field office this week. The memo (PDF) warns that Barbie Video Girl, a doll with a built-in video camera capable of recording for about 30 minutes, is a &''possible child pornography production method&8230'

The FBI memo, dated November 30, seems to be a few months behind TechCrunch, where reviewer Paul Carr called the product &''child abuse waiting to happen&'' during a review at the time of the product&'s release. He described it as &''creepy,&'' then read from a press release from the PR firm that sent Tech Crunch the toy: &''Unsuspecting subjects won&'t know that Barbie is watching their every move.&''

Amusingly, though, Jezabel&'s coverage of the story slightly over-exaggerates my involvement&8230'

&''According to HuffPo, the FBI warning stems from a TechCrunch review in which Paul Carr goes off on the doll, calling it &''child abuse waiting to happen&'' ‚a4‚¬‚a4¯ because &''pedophiles&'' could use the doll to record child porn and upload it to the Internet via Video Girl&'s built-in USB port.&''

&8230'which is not quite what HuffPo said. But, yunno, I&'ll take the credit. You&'re welcome, America.


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