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jmowreader

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12. Sounds like the telescreens in 1984

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 03:49 PM

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Your Samsung *Smart* TV is eavesdropping on your private conversations [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 OP

LGs too hollysmom Feb 2016 #1

That is really disgusting. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #2

So I shouldn't yell all that information about my pin number and how I hate my boss alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #3

or use illicit drugs ........or the word bomb..... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #17

Aw, the Internet already knows about the weird sex alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #24

I will not have one of these in my home. inanna Feb 2016 #4

Me too arikara Feb 2016 #5

I watch very little television as it is. inanna Feb 2016 #10

Saw this in a Tweet: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #39

TV Free - For 16 Years Now - Better Life All Around cantbeserious Feb 2016 #30

SMH Mr Dixon Feb 2016 #6

I got burned, my Samsung Smart TV doesn't have a camera or a microphone Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #7

Laptop cams and mics can be disabled though. inanna Feb 2016 #11

Duck tape, electrical tape, and post-it-notes have worked fine for years Brother Buzz Feb 2016 #13

i believe so shanti Feb 2016 #21

They say it is optional and you ca opt out... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #23

Ice pick into the camera lens and microphone fixes problem. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #8

Snort! Lol AgadorSparticus Feb 2016 #16

Well, at least someone is listening to me n/t nichomachus Feb 2016 #9

Sounds like the telescreens in 1984 jmowreader Feb 2016 #12

"You can turn it off!" "Yes, we have that privilege." KamaAina Feb 2016 #14

Or the "Soviet TV watches you" of Yakov Smirnoff n/t IDemo Feb 2016 #36

This is true of every single device that does not require you to press a button to start listening. jeff47 Feb 2016 #15

Sure, right when I get a Samsung smart TV for Christmas... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #18

I have a Samsung tv Separation Feb 2016 #19

Ew, nobody wants to see that. Iggo Feb 2016 #20

Easy way to stop this if you are paranoid about this sort of thing; Initech Feb 2016 #22

Just wrap your TV completely MineralMan Feb 2016 #25

How about leaving it unplugged till you want to use it? nt LiberalElite Feb 2016 #26

How about getting one that does not spy on you? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #27

I don't know. If we are stuck with them leaving it unplugged is one solution - LiberalElite Feb 2016 #28

Your tv may not be one of the smart ones????? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #33

I doubt that it's a smart one and LiberalElite Feb 2016 #35

Best way to buy a TV: buy the cheapest one you like with the fewest extras REP Feb 2016 #29

This is the reality of "Cloud based" anything. Xithras Feb 2016 #31

TY for that info. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #37

They should incorporate a "clippy" character. Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #32

Good hopefully they will forward my comments rbrnmw Feb 2016 #34

You can turn it off Baclava Feb 2016 #38

Actually, it's quite disturbing to me. inanna Feb 2016 #40