In 2015, Samsung's privacy policy admitted 'if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party' — and voice data was transmitted unencrypted. LG admitted in 2013 its smart TVs collected viewing habits even when data sharing was turned off. WikiLeaks' Vault 7 revealed the CIA's 'Weeping Angel' program could turn Samsung TVs into covert listening devices even when apparently powered off.
Samsung and LG smart TVs were confirmed to be recording and transmitting user data without consent
“Your smart TV is literally spying on you — recording your conversations and sending data to corporations and intelligence agencies.”
📄 The Receipts
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What they said vs. what the evidence shows
“Samsung takes consumer privacy very seriously. Voice data is only collected when the voice recognition feature is activated.”
— Samsung Electronics · Feb 2015
🙈 They Laughed At Us
“Samsung takes consumer privacy very seriously. Voice data is only collected when the voice recognition feature is activated.”
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