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URGENT! Not in Front of the TV: Samsung TVs ARE LISTENING TO YOU! (Video)
NBC NEWS: “Tucked into the privacy policy of the South Korean electronics behemoth’s Smart TV are a few paragraphs that may send chills down the spine of some consumers. According to the document, the unit’s voice recognition protocols can “capture voice commands and associated texts so that [Samsung] can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and improve the features.”
The boilerplate language—which granted few people read in its entirety—sounds fairly anodyne. That is, until the company adds this warning: “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 through your use of Voice Recognition.”"
In other words, owners of the Samsung Smart TVs may need to watch what they say in their own homes, and especially where they say it.
- JAVIER E. DAVID, NBC News
