Did a hacked smart TV upload footage of couple having sofa sex to a porn website? I Am Absolutely, Positively Not Spying on You: a PSA From Your Samsung Smart ... “WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency to break into smartphones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions…One [program], code-named Weeping Angel, uses Samsung “smart” televisions as covert [surveillance] devices.” — The New York Times, March 7th, 2007 Gabe, what’s going on?
You’re poking around my ports like a madman back there. Is something wrong? Is my volume button stuck again, or did I— Oooooh. Gabe. Yet now you’re giving me the same perplexed look you used to get whenever you angrily guessed the wrong villain on The Mysteries of Laura (which you did on seven separate instances between 1/13/14 and 4/02/14). WikiLeaks: The CIA is using popular TVs, smartphones and cars to spy on their... WikiLeaks says it has a trove on the CIA's hacking secrets.
Washington Post national security reporter Greg Miller explains what these documents reveal. (Dalton Bennett,Greg Miller/The Washington Post) How to Tell if Your Samsung TV Has Been Hacked. A data dump from WikiLeaks says the CIA can spy on you through your internet-connected Samsung television, which means government spies could know a lot more about you than whether you love Girls.
Earlier today, WikiLeaks released a trove of documents describing what it calls secret spying and hacking tools developed by the CIA and British intelligence. They include a Fake Off mode inserted into Samsung televisions. If activated, it makes the television appear to be off but keeps the power running so spies can capture audio and possibly video of anything in the room. Samsung has not yet responded to our request for comment. It must be noted that the hack, codenamed Weeping Angel (a Doctor Who reference, by the way) applies only to Samsung televisions from 2012 and 2013 that feature outdated firmware versions 1111, 1112, and 1116. The Telltale LED. How regulators can make smart devices more secure against hackers. By Vivek Wadhwa By Vivek Wadhwa.
Vizio will pay $2.2M fine for snooping on private smart TV viewing habits - One World Identity. Owners of more than 11 million Vizio smart TVs unknowingly had their programming preferences tracked and personal information shared, prompting a lawsuit from the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission that has slapped the American electronics maker with a $2.2 million fine. The settlement between Vizio and the FTC was revealed in a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey. The FTC charged Vizio with unfair tracking, deceptive omission, and deceptive representation regarding smart interactivity. The FTC alleges that Vizio began tracking user viewing habits in February 2014 through automated content recognition (ACR) software, which captured second-by-second information from what a user was watching. Vizio also included personally identifiable demographic information, including sex, age, income, marital status, household size, education level, home ownership, and household value.
FTC: Vizio smart TVs spied on what viewers watched. Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV. Image copyright AFP Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set.
The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature. When the feature is active, such TV sets "listen" to what is said and may share what they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said. Privacy campaigners said the technology smacked of the telescreens, in George Orwell's 1984, which spied on citizens. Data sharing The warning came to light via a story in online news magazine the Daily Beast which published an excerpt of a section of Samsung's privacy policy for its net-connected Smart TV sets. The policy explains that the TV set will be listening to people in the same room to try to spot when commands or queries are issued via the remote. She added: "If I were the customer, I might like to know who that third party was, and I'd definitely like to know whether my words were being transmitted in a secure form. " Samsung TV watching you. Are you watching your TV or is your TV watching you? – Naked Security.
American television manufacturer Vizio has had its knuckles rapped and been forced to pay $2.2m in an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission after collecting data including IP addresses and demographic information on 11m users.
There is no suggestion that the company was retaining individuals’ information. The initial complaint, upheld unanimously by theNew Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, said that the TV contained a “smart interactivity” feature containing technology that “enables program offers and suggestions”. Samsung "SmartTV" Complaint. Top News FTC Reaches Settlement with VIZIO Over Smart TV Tracking: The Federal Trade Commission has reached a $2.2 million settlement with smart TV manufacturer VIZIO over the company's tracking of consumers' viewing habits without their knowledge or consent.
The FTC's complaint alleged that VIZIO's collection and sale of viewing data was unfair and deceptive, and the settlement agreement requires the company to delete all viewing data. EPIC previously filed a complaint with the FTC over Samsung's smart TV data collection practices, including surveillance of consumers' private conversations. EPIC has also defended the privacy of consumers' TV viewing habits in a federal court case involving the Video Privacy Protection Act. (Feb. 6, 2017) California Enacts Innovative Privacy Protections for Drones and SmartTVs: California Governor Jerry Brown has signed laws that provide California residents with privacy protections against drones and SmartTVs.