Be careful what you say in front of your smart TV. According to Samsung, you never know who might be listening to your every word.
The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature.
When the feature is active, such TV sets “listen” to what is said and may share what they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said.
Privacy campaigners said the technology smacked of the telescreens, in George Orwell’s 1984, which spied on citizens. Now there’s a comforting thought. You live under the rule of a guy like Steve (Read more…)