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Eavesdropping Samsung TVs

News reached a fever pitch this week when consumers found out Samsung Smart TVs with voice commands can transcribe your conversations and send them to a third-party server.

Read the NPR story.

Would you buy a smart TV that could listen to your conversations and send them to a third party? Or, would you buy a smart TV and just disable the voice commands?

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Permalink Reply by Shelly Leatham on February 11, 2015 at 9:33pm

I would NOT buy one! Even if the command is disabled, I would not trust it!

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Permalink Reply by Anita Utami on February 11, 2015 at 10:23pm

Wow, that's disturbing. I don't want a TV that stalks and eavesdrops my family. I watched this documentary on how hackers piggyback home wifi networks and can see you through your laptop camera without you knowing about it. Downright scary. The same thing can happen with smart TV too.

So, disable the voice command, and if it has camera capability, cover the lens with dark tape!