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Monday, February 09, 2015

Samsung: Don't discuss personal info in front of TV

Your SmartTV just might be smarter than you think.

Did you know someone might be listening on the other end of your TV?

Would you have guessed that many someones are indeed listening if you are using a voice-recognition SmartTV?

Convenience may come at the expense of privacy and security in the expanding world of interconnected devices and voice control recognition, cautions Samsung, which issues this warning on its SmartTVs: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.”
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

First our phones, now our TVs. Privacy is becoming a luxury.

Anonymous said...

Privacy is becoming non-existent.

Anonymous said...

do we just let it continue, or do we do something about it? there must be someway to mute the sound They can hear. Someone will figure this out, but be looking for it.

Anonymous said...

Best bet is to put your aluminum foil hats back on, board up your doors and windows and start bottling your urine.
Good grief people. Is there anything you're NOT afraid of?

Anonymous said...

Cameras are in the Comcast boxes as well.

Anonymous said...

Or take a McDonalds surveillance video of someone flipping out and convert it to a cell phone format to avoid liability.

lmclain said...

10:44...you BIG dumb lug....who said anything about "afraid"?
We are actually talking about intrusive and invasive technology that pisses many millions of people off.
You are one of those who would happily trade freedom for security.
You deserve neither.
This is NOT E. Germany, N. Korea, China, etc.
You just wish it was.....

Anonymous said...

Geez. Relax man. It was tongue in cheek.
Besides if this was North Korea I'd have had you flogged with a Samsung TV power cable already!
Lighten up and smile. You might like it.

Anonymous said...

lol....it SOUNDED "tongue in cheek"...read it again and try to say (without smiling) that it was facetious......and you'd have to ask Kim to borrow his cable....he's the only one there that has one....