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Tue Feb 17, 2015, 10:37 PM Feb 2015

Watch What You Say...The TV Could be Listening [View all]



Samsung recently warned customers to watch what they say near their television remotes...because Samsung Smart TVs with voice activation technology activated may be listening and transmitting what is heard to a third party. Samsung did the right thing by telling customers, but is it wrong to have privacy vulnerabilities becoming a more present part of home technologies? Should people have a way to opt out? Kim Horcher discusses with special guests Piotr Michael (Voice Actor, Impressionist) and Andy Riesmeyer (Dweebcast)!

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2015/feb/13/samsungs-listening-tv-tech-rights
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