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Samsung TV: Big Brother Is Listening
by Dalgon on February 18, 2015**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted By Dalgon** An update on the TV that listens to your every word. The problem is far bigger and includes the electronic spy in your pocket. Via Schneier on Security: Samsung Television Spies on Viewers Earlier this week, we learned that Samsung televisions are eavesdropping on their owners. If you have one of their Internet-connected smart TVs, you can turn on a voice command feature that saves you the trouble of finding the remote, pushing buttons and scrolling through menus. But making that feature work requires the television to listen to everything you say. And what you say isn’t just processed by the television; it may be forwarded over the Internet for remote processing....