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Today In Creepy Privacy Policies, Samsung’s Eavesdropping TV
Tech Crunch ^ | 2/8/15

Posted on 02/08/2015 2:43:25 PM PST by Enlightened1

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.

Left: Samsung SmartTV privacy policy, warning users not to discuss personal info in front of their TV Right: 1984

(Excerpt) Read more at techcrunch.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 1984; bigbrother; eavesdropping; privacy; samsung; samsungsmarttv; smarttv
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To: Enlightened1

The TV isn’t eavesdropping, that’s why it’s tinfoilery.


21 posted on 02/08/2015 3:24:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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To: JRandomFreeper
What is this 'television' of which you speak?
No TV here.

I think the "TV" refers to "TellMeVision" - as to who "Me" is, anyone's guess (Obama cronies most likely).

22 posted on 02/08/2015 3:26:06 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Enlightened1

You and I can see the danger, but many just think it is cool technology. I know people who already have this and they say they are in love with it. It is disturbing that someone will be collecting what your children are saying at home as they grow up, and then targeting them from that info. If a company like amazon or google or potentially the govt thinks your kids are being raised in a conservative home, they can start feeding your kids only liberal information and filtering out conservative info.


23 posted on 02/08/2015 3:31:44 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Enlightened1

Well yeah, how do people think voice recognition works? It listens to you CONSTANTLY, learning how you pronounce words so that when you give it a command it can figure it out. Don’t like it, don’t use the feature.


24 posted on 02/08/2015 3:35:55 PM PST by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

If it has voice recognition it will do something similar.


25 posted on 02/08/2015 3:37:22 PM PST by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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To: discostu

Good grief!!
Can’t those dog-eaters spy on their own people, instead of spying on us?
Oh, wait a minute.......!


26 posted on 02/08/2015 3:39:45 PM PST by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: Enlightened1

No doubt, the Feds have a backdoor.

I’m sure that if Samsung does it, others do.

The Feds won’t allow a lawsuit because of “national security” concerns.


27 posted on 02/08/2015 3:44:18 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats & GOPe delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: Enlightened1

> Translation... Your Samsung TV is spying on you.

Re-Translation...Samsung you’re about to have to file bankruptcy because no one will be buying your products anymore...


28 posted on 02/08/2015 3:48:12 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: discostu

What if Samsung was passing the data to the Feds?

That’s what the word is on the street. Would you be okay with them passing it on to the Feds?


29 posted on 02/08/2015 3:49:34 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: jsanders2001

Exactly!


30 posted on 02/08/2015 3:49:59 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: grumpygresh

Agree 100%


31 posted on 02/08/2015 3:50:23 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Kirkwood

Call it trading your freedoms for technology.


32 posted on 02/08/2015 3:51:50 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: SunkenCiv

>! The TV isn’t eavesdropping, that’s why it’s tinfoilery.

But that could sure be fixed with an online update couldn’t it? Thats not tinfoilery. The fact that the feature can be enabled remotely is not a good idea...i’m sure they’ve never thought of that though.../s


33 posted on 02/08/2015 3:53:38 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Enlightened1

Television becomes tell-on-u-vision


34 posted on 02/08/2015 4:09:12 PM PST by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: jsanders2001

NSA coders start working on their own upgrade for it in 1...2...3


35 posted on 02/08/2015 4:11:03 PM PST by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: Enlightened1; All

The TV has been watching us for decades.


36 posted on 02/08/2015 4:13:10 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are RINO voters.)
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To: RS_Rider

Local cops can turn on your cell phone supposedly for tracking purposes. If a cell phone can be turned on, they can hear you and see you through the cell phone camera.


37 posted on 02/08/2015 4:16:30 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are RINO voters.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

TV ping


38 posted on 02/08/2015 4:19:06 PM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Here's an early example:


39 posted on 02/08/2015 4:22:51 PM PST by kitchen (Even the walls have ears.)
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To: discostu
Don’t like it, don’t use the feature.

I've got voice recognition in my computer. It's an optional feature built into the OS, which you can turn on. But you have to press a key (that you choose) prior to speaking a phrase. It was novel for a couple of weeks but soon became annoying. "Logoff", etc. spoken commands just seemed idiotic after a while. Sort of like "clap on" for turning on lights.

40 posted on 02/08/2015 4:23:24 PM PST by roadcat
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