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13 Feb 2015 02:00:07
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"Smart" Samsung TVs can spy on their owners

Thanks to the Smart TV function TV collects all the things that people say around him, and can transmit this information to the manufacturer or to a third party.

Smart Samsung TV can record and send the personal information of users to the producer and third parties. This was reported by the resource Daily Beast published excerpts from the document describing the privacy policy Samsung.



Thanks to the Smart TV function  TV collects all the things that people say around him, and can transmit this information to the manufacturer or to a third party.

"Samsung may collect, and your device can record voice commands and related texts, so that we can provide you with the voice recognition, as well as to evaluate and improve their work. Keep in mind that if you say the words include personal or confidential information, this information is among the data recorded and transmitted to a third party for your use of the voice recognition", according to the rules Samsung access to information for users.

it is Worth noting that this warning applies to models of TVs with voice control.

Samsung has said that this feature can be enabled only when using the remote control, in addition, this paragraph in the document is intended for those who loves to give voice commands Samsung Smart TV. The company added that it "takes very seriously the protection of the right to privacy".



Some human rights activists have compared the warning passages of the novel Orwell's "1984" in which "Big Brother" was watching people using TV cameras.

This is not the first case criticism of smart TVs connected to the Internet. At the end of 2013 revealed that LG is collected and sent to the company's servers data about what programs users are looking.

Later, LG has released an update for Smart TV allows you to disable the collection of personal data.

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