[cgriswald]

Agreed.

A bear that records voices and gives remote access should not need to store data on a server. Store the data in the bear. That's the way these types of bears have always been. The only thing new here is remote access...

Storing my kid's private voice recordings on your server is just plain creepy even if you don't leave it wide open.

[ribosometronome]

Sure! But in this case, part of the functionality was that friends and family could send voice messages to the bear, which are then approved by the parent in app, before being pushed to the bear.

Based on how well the company is doing, it seems like this isn't really functionality that is deserved but it does sound like the justification for storing (some) messages is reasonable.

[Mister_Snuggles]

The bear could have something as powerful as a $9 CHIP inside that could handle all of the storage/playback/approval/etc needs. The only thing missing is the remote access, which should be solved at a different place in the network.