Danger, your TV might be watching You

[Saint in Paradise]

Be careful if you buy one of the following Samsung TVs

 

The models with this unprecedented feature set are the 2012 8000 series plasmas PN51E8000, PN60E8000, PN64E8000

and LED models UN46ES7500, UN50ES7500, UN55ES7500, UN46ES8000, UN55ES8000, UN60ES8000 and UN65ES8000.

 

Can Samsung or Samsung-authorized companies watch you watching your Samsung TV?

Do the televisions send a user ID or the TV’s serial number to the Samsung cloud whenever it has an Internet connection?

Does Samsung cross reference a user ID or facial scan to your warranty registration information, such as name, address etc.?

Can a person or company listen to you, at will, via the microphone and Internet connection?

Does Samsung’s cloud store all this information? How secure is this extremely personal data?

Can a hacker intercept this data or view you via the built in camera?

Can a third-party app program do any of the above?

Exactly what information does the TV send to Samsung or other parties?

Does Samsung intend to sell data collected by its Smart TV owners, such as who, what and when one is viewing?

 

 

Here is a link to another website, long but interesting post.

 

http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/480863-your-tv-watching-you.html

 

Tnought I would post here rather than in the Tech bit so more people could read this.

 

 

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[dubai_phil]

Be careful if you buy one of the following Samsung TVs

 

The models with this unprecedented feature set are the 2012 8000 series plasmas PN51E8000, PN60E8000, PN64E8000

and LED models UN46ES7500, UN50ES7500, UN55ES7500, UN46ES8000, UN55ES8000, UN60ES8000 and UN65ES8000.

 

Can Samsung or Samsung-authorized companies watch you watching your Samsung TV?

Do the televisions send a user ID or the TV’s serial number to the Samsung cloud whenever it has an Internet connection?

Does Samsung cross reference a user ID or facial scan to your warranty registration information, such as name, address etc.?

Can a person or company listen to you, at will, via the microphone and Internet connection?

Does Samsung’s cloud store all this information? How secure is this extremely personal data?

Can a hacker intercept this data or view you via the built in camera?

Can a third-party app program do any of the above?

Exactly what information does the TV send to Samsung or other parties?

Does Samsung intend to sell data collected by its Smart TV owners, such as who, what and when one is viewing?

 

 

Here is a link to another website, long but interesting post.

 

http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/480863-your-tv-watching-you.html

 

Tnought I would post here rather than in the Tech bit so more people could read this.

 

 

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Meh nothing new there.

 

Any of you lot have web cams attached to your 'puter?

 

Equally a piece of cake

[Saint in Paradise]

Ah but on the computer you can turn your microphone off but on these TVs??

 

As for the camera it is obvious when it is working and anyway I unplug mine from the computer

when not used just to be safe. However on the TV will it be as obvious that the camera is on

and how can you turn that microphone off?

I understand that people can hack into webcams without you knowing hence my precautions.

[dubai_phil]

Ah but on the computer you can turn your microphone off but on these TVs??

 

As for the camera it is obvious when it is working and anyway I unplug mine from the computer

when not used just to be safe. However on the TV will it be as obvious that the camera is on

and how can you turn that microphone off?

I understand that people can hack into webcams without you knowing hence my precautions.

 

Oh dear....

 

A "super Virus" can be programmed to act down to component level, the technology forms the basis of many new Asset Management & Audit/Forensics & SIEM Apps coming onto the market at the moment.

 

You can make it do whatever you want, including disabling ANY indicators that it may have altered what the user thought the computer was doing.

 

You can hide the code in a fake PDF reader upgrade site, hide it in a txt file or download it through facebook (HOW many times do you click an FB link?)

 

Of course the easiest way is to drop a flash or SD drive outside somebody's car (that's how the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi got hacked.)

 

It is really astonishing how incredibly simple it all is.

 

And of course as Convergence increases around Home Entertainment the more devices there are.

 

Sky did a report on hacking through mobiles (you leave your wifi on as you walk around - easy set up a fake wifi access and you can log all the entries into a phone - so if they use FB or Twitter or mail on mobile they can get in)

 

The funky stuff is just now starting to come out. Super Viruses and piece of cake hacking of Android & Mac

 

The world has a vested interest in pretending IT is secure with what is out there now.

 

If that was true why are so many companies spending a fortune on PCI Compliance audits & the new rules that brings in for Merchants.

 

It SCARES THE BEJEEZUS OUT OF ME!

[JonnyLove]

If someone wants to watch and hear me fapping to porn then I have no issue with that. Think they will be turning off quite quickly

[Liquidshokk]

I don't see the point in worrying about being watched. I have no doubts every apple device with a camera can see me if someone with the skills to do so wanted. I'm sure I'm on camera in most places I go. But I can relax in the knowledge that I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to give a toss.

 

That's exactly where I'm at. I have nothing to offer prying eyes.

[Whitey Grandad]

If you're bothered about the camera, put a blindfold on it. For the microphone leave the shower running (I saw that in a spy movie).

[RedAndWhite91]

Reminds me of Nineteen Eighty-Four...