I suggest the title be change from "easy to hack" to "easy to compromise" - I was hoping to see that someone had created a custom firmware for them or something :(
Who in that company would be liable, should there ever be an incident where a child is tracked, abducted and harmed utilizing this gps device? Just the CEO, or will board members also feel shared pain?
Germany banned smartwatches for children last year:
<a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/19/16671428/germany-bans-smartwatches-kids-parents-destruction" rel="nofollow">https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/11/19/16671428/...</a>
The really disturbing thing about this is how devices like this make surveillance even more normal. It's like training your own children to accept what should be an unacceptable loss of freedom and privacy.