noteworthy wrote:
I am confident that a cursory examination of said product will reveal that the embedded data is in no way "like an RSA token", and that there is in fact nothing cryptographically significant going on here.

I suspect one could demonstrate a Best Friend cloning/spoofing tool without too much effort.

I haven't read the user manual, but this product could be considered to encourage pre-teens to engage in unsafe docking behavior. With minor modifications, one of these dolls could introduce malware onto the systems of unsuspecting Best Friends.

Agreed. I wonder if we could market a cloning device for boys as a way to screw with their little sisters.

These strike me as rather obvious "lessons". (Bear in mind that there are apparently other lessons, but these are deemed the Most Important.)
I'm still waiting for a buy button on my remote control.

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