I always suspected that Evil Edna, as the witch-talk television, "Willo the Wisp" (an animated drawing British series of the 1980s) come to life, and he a. well, sort of.
Enter Samsung Smart TV. with its voice recognition service enables you to relay voice commands to your TV and your wish (as long as it is something like "Hi TV") is granted! But it is even smarter than that ...!
"There was of course no way of whether you were watching ... "
Your Samsung Smart TV occupies probably the best place in the room, taking precedence over all other home entertainment systems, which let's face it, experienced better days. Pity the poor dust collection Hi-Fi. But behind its attractive facade, is something dark, something sinister that not expect - a recording device that listens to your conversations, records your chit-chat and offer it to Samsung or a third party
[There is so scary that Parker Higgins, an activist in the group privacy advocacy Electronic Frontier Foundation tweeted a rigid comparison of the Samsung Smart TV Spy policy to an excerpt from George Orwell dystopian novel 1984.
And of course, there is no shock that Samsung's privacy policy states that they can not be held liable if a third party is careless with data.
"Please note that when you watch a video or access applications or content provided by a third party, that provider may collect or receive information on your Smart TV (and its IP address the device identifiers), the requested transaction (your request to purchase or rent the video), and your use of the application or service. Samsung is not responsible for the privacy practices or security of these providers. You must exercise caution and examine the statements apply to third-party sites and services you use privacy "
the speech recognition feature is somewhat similar to the Channel 4 show the UK" Gogglebox. "- , where members of the public are filmed watching television and listening and we errr, watch them watching it! - But in the case of Samsung Smart TV, we are reluctant participants
Back in 2013 there were reports from UK IT consultant Jason Huntley, LG Smart TV spying on their listening habits and downloading content from devices that were attached to their TV. LG rid the accusations, saying "information such as the channel, the broadcast source, etc., which are collected by some LG Smart TVs is no personal information, visualization, to deliver" more relevant advertising. "So, that was OK, then!
Samsung TV admits to spying on you!
Admission of guilt from Samsung is the right course of action to take, how can they deny it?
Fortunately, if the Samsung Smart TV spy agency dragged the bejeezus you, you'll be relieved to know that you can turn off the speech recognition feature.
do you own a Samsung Smart TV? Are you concerned that your Smart TV is spying on you?
Oh, and if you have never heard of the evil Edna, watch an episode of "Willo the Wisp "
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