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If the Internet is built into everything you own, none of it will be truly safe from hackers.
Comic Yakov Smirnoff used to joke that in Soviet Russia, the television watches you. As it turns out, the same goes for televisions in the United States too.
Samsung got into hot water with the public after it was revealed that the mics built in to its smart TVs were continuously recording and transmitting data to the company. Samsung's privacy policy warns that personal and other sensitive information may be picked up by the mic and transferred to third parties.
Concerns over what Samsung would do with that data were somewhat overblown. The real worry here is what would happen if hackers illegally gained access to these features to spy on your family.
You can learn how to disable Samsung's spying feature at CNET.
Caption by: Fox Van Allen
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