Are you sure about your TV?!

[Brother]

Good evening friends!

Modern home "gadgets" familiar to us are increasingly beginning to amaze not only with the abundance of new functions, but also with the double capabilities with which these functions can be used.

Recently it became known that Samsung TVs are actually eavesdropping. This applies to smart TVs that are constantly on the Internet. They have a voice control function that helps you find the remote. This feature alone requires the TV to constantly listen to whatever you say. All your words are saved, processed and sent over the network.

The fact that computers and smartphones are engaged in this, everyone is already accustomed to. Microphones and cameras are always active by default. On the iPhone, the Siri voice recognition system only listens when we press a special button. In fact, it happens all the time. Similar to Android and "OK Google", Amazon's Echo system. Facebook can turn on the smartphone's microphone when you use their app.

Gmail listens to whatever you enter and displays ads based on that. Facebook is similar.

So about TVs, Samsung sends data to what is called a third party in the contract. The researchers found out that the third party is a certain company Nuance, whose task is to convert voice into text. In doing so, Samsung states that the data is deleted. / with great difficulty it is believed /.

Most dangerous, this data is a great opportunity for criminals. The only sentence in Samsung's privacy policy that no one reads is: "Please be vigilant if words you say include personal or other valuable information; this information will be recorded and sent to third parties to use the speech recognition system."

Be attentive, and never lose your vigilance.