Note that this was several years after performance artists (not even state-level actors) had demonstrated compromising toys retail supply chain with hacked firm

Note that this was several years after performance artists (not even state-level actors) had demonstrated compromising toys retail supply chain with hacked firmware. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547659/barbie-liberation-organization-gi-joe-hacked https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547659/barbie-liberation... So, look of concern at whomever thought it was a good idea to bring an effectively blackbox electronic device with a microphone into a secure area where those were prohibited. Kudos to whomever raised the issue. Someone should've done a proof of concept mod (firmware or hardware) of a Trojan Furby to appear (to visual and X-ray inspection) to have the stock hardware, but do something nefarious. Or shown how, say, the stock Furby hardware and firmware turned sound into RF leakage.