So interesting article in BBC about the Samsung’s “Listening TV.”
This TV has voice activated controls and they don’t just take commands, but…
“If your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.”
So aside from hackers (and spies) being able to turn your phone and computer mics, cameras, and GPS location data on and off to surveil and eavesdrop on you, now the dumb television set can listen in as well.
You can be heard, seen, and found…whether you know it or not. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal with eyes and ears from here and here with attribution to Firas and Simon James)
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