Samsung's warning: Our Smart TVs record your living room chatter

C/Net ^ | February 9, 2015 | Chris Matyszczyk

[Ken H]

Your kitchen looks nice!

[uglybiker]

Enjoy your new big screen smart tv.

[Patriot777]

eesh! I guess he should’ve read the “fine print” in his Volt manual under the “onboard camera” topic...if the manual even has fine print disclosures (warnings?). I suppose this serves as a heads-up to anyone purchasing a vehicle to go online and research not just the manuals but the tech manuals on it to see if there’s an onboard camera and if there’s a way to disable it.

[Dalek]

[Nifster]

just another reason to not own it....that and there is NO reason to

[V_TWIN]

“I’ll never be too lazy to tell my wife to get up and change the channel.”

HA!

[bmwcyle]

Oh that can’t be happening or have we been warned for years about this.

[COUNTrecount]

Flashlights are NOT your friend.

FTC acts against “Brightest Flashlight” app for deceptively tracking your location

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/06/ftc-acts-against-brightest-flashlight-app-for-deceptively-tracking-your-location/

[bgill]

we must now look for little microphone icons to check whether we're being listened to

If they can listen to our private conversations, they can manipulate a silly little icon.

[longtermmemmory]

why does the TV need to have voice command and camera sensor hooked into the internet? Does that not indicate a weak processor power?

[ThunderSleeps]

I didn’t mean a flashlight app. A smartphone is an active listening device. I meant good old tube, batteries, and a bulb. Some of the newer regulated LED lights have circuitry in them. Probably wouldn’t have a confidential conversation around one of them either.

[COUNTrecount]

I forgot the sarcasm tag, sorry.

[ThunderSleeps]

No worries! ;-)

[thesearethetimes...]

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[Ken H]

In Soviet America, TV watches you!