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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Cybersecurity bounty hunter says Samsung TVs use AI to record audio and screenshots for ads (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 days ago by lowprofilestudio@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A hacker reverse-engineered his own Samsung TV and found alarming spying activity, including code that used connected devices' microphones to listen to users.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was genius. Instead of installing surveillance systems in everyone's homes, they marketed the surveillance systems as luxury products and let our consumerism do the work. Instead of forcing it on the general public, they made us want it to the point where they can cite consumer demand as the reason they don't even offer products that don't invade your privacy.