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posted by janrinok on Tuesday February 10 2015, @02:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-who-thought-that-this-was-a-good-idea? dept.

The BBC has said that Samsung has issued a warning to its customers over their smart TVs, saying that people shouldn't talk about personal information in front them. When using the voice activation feature of the smart TV, it will listen to everything you say and may share that with Samsung and third parties.

This only came to light when The DailyBeast posted a new story pointing out part of the privacy policy...

"Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party"

Corynne McSherry, an IP lawyer for EFF, told The DailyBeast that the "third party" was probably the company providing speech-to-text conversion for Samsung. They also said: "If I were the customer, I might like to know who that third party was, and I’d definitely like to know whether my words were being transmitted in a secure form."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday February 10 2015, @04:43PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday February 10 2015, @04:43PM (#143202)

    Courtesy of the internet of things BS, every appliance you buy ten years from now will wirelessly talk to its real masters once plugged in.
    You may not be in front of the TV, but the toaster is looking at you wrong, and don't get me started on the bathroom fan.
    Nope, you're not in a Disney movie...

    (Please SN, add the much needed "conspiracy" mod)

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday February 10 2015, @08:30PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 10 2015, @08:30PM (#143289) Journal
    I'm the master of the router, the things may gossip among themselves but, in regards with gossiping outside, my house is Las Vegas (what happens here, stays here).
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday February 10 2015, @10:13PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday February 10 2015, @10:13PM (#143330)

      I did say "wirelessly".
      Unless you live in a Faraday cage, in the boonies, or are ready to snip off PCB antennas, we shall know all, regardless of your puny router rules...

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday February 11 2015, @03:27AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 11 2015, @03:27AM (#143426) Journal

        are ready to snip off PCB antennas

        I'm ready any time, even if you wake me up in the mid of the night. Gladly.

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        • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday February 11 2015, @04:57PM

          by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday February 11 2015, @04:57PM (#143663)

          "I'm sorry, snipping off your LeToaster antenna is a violation of the EULA, which is why the DRM prevents you from enjoying our Fabulous PerfectBrown(R) Goodness"
          We apologize for the inconvenience and would like to invite you to buy a new one.
          We understand this was a first-time offense and will not pursue any legal action. As a reminder, under HR2021-1, "Tampering, Disabling or Destroying the IoT capabilities of any device is a Felony". We bid you a good day, Citizen.

          • (Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Thursday February 12 2015, @02:15AM

            by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 12 2015, @02:15AM (#143906) Journal

            I'm sorry, snipping off your LeToaster antenna is a violation of the EULA

            I'm sorry, but your EULA is illegal.

            You see, I bought an object that esthetically imperfect: the thingy you call antenna was ugly like hell.
            Exercising my free right of expression, I sculpted out the imperfection and transformed it in the absolutely gorgeous utilitarian-art object that you can admire on my kitchen bench.

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            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford