Cheaper than a laptop, same surveillance. The $40 ones are the most dangerous.
4 devices analyzed. Set your privacy comfort level to filter.
What we found
Temu Tablet (Generic): FParent company is a proven malware distributor. Tablets ship with factory-installed spyware.
Grizzly Research (Sep 2023): "most dangerous app in wide circulation" with "full array of characteristics of most aggressive malware/spyware." Dynamic code compilation via runtime.exec, 18 dangerous permissions (audio, camera, GPS, clipboard), proprietary encryption. NTC Switzerland (Dec 2024) confirmed dynamic code loading.
Apple iPad (10th Gen): DPrivacy is a human right — unless Apple wants to run ads. Opt-out toggle does nothing.
Whistleblower Thomas Le Bonniec (GlobeTech, Ireland, Jul 2019): contractors listened to ~1,000 Siri recordings/day. Captured medical info, drug deals, sexual encounters. $95M settlement Jan 2025 (Lopez v. Apple). France OFAC criminal investigation Oct 2025.
Fire Tablet / Fire Kids: DAmazon sells a tablet for $60 and puts ads on the lockscreen.
Fire Tablets display full-screen advertisements on the lockscreen by default ("Special Offers"). Users must pay an additional $20 to remove lockscreen ads. The tablet runs Fire OS, a forked version of Android that eliminates Google Play Store and locks users into Amazon's ecosystem. Pre-installed Amazon apps cannot be removed. The device is subsidised by advertising and data collection.