Posted on 08/20/2015 4:54:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
California lawmakers consider first bill in the nation to rein in smart TVs.
A California lawmaker is pushing legislation to give consumers better warnings about a new phenomenon for smart TVs: They can record household conversations without your knowledge.
Assemblyman Mike Gatto was surprised to read in a Samsung user manual that the TVs could capture and transmit sensitive information to a third party if users turned on wireless recognition.
Now, the Glendale Democrat has written the first bill in the nation to rein in smart TVs.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...
It is illegal in the state of California to record conversations without written consent of all parties. Why do we need another law?
No adequate supply of water, illegal aliens running rampant, crumbling highways, literally hundreds of state departments, orgs, and bureaus....but let’s focus on passing another stupid law that Samsung and others will soon quit selling their products in CA.
I think the only conversation that a Samsung TV is going to capture in California at this point is “I have to find a way to move out of this miserable Hellhole of a state.”
...It is illegal in the state of California to record conversations without written consent of all parties. Why do we need another law?...
Liberals often don’t notice that something is illegal. Often, they will make something illegal more illegal. Either can be true in this situation.
bingo...
They’re just now figuring this out? TV and computers have been two way communication for decades.
What do they mean by “wireless recognition” on the TV?
I’m as dumb as dirt when it comes to technology.
(My TV is only a 8 months old—if that matters.)
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Newer TVs have cameras and microphones built into them. Or so I’ve been told. And I’ve never doubted it.
I was taught in a college communications course in 1990 that two way communication TVs were being built by the Japanese.
Remember a few years ago when everyone was going to have to get a converter if they still had the old TVs? Why do you think that “change over” took place? Never trust the government.
Manufacturer’s consider mere use of their services and features, to be consent, explicit or implied.
Samsung backed down and revised terms of usage affecting privacy. Not sure about other companies..
http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-changes-smarttv-privacy-policy-in-wake-of-spying-fears/
In Soviet Amerika Television Watches You.
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