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

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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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[–] bampop@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

For targeted ads. I mean, given that there's a spy device building a detailed profile of your behavior in the "privacy" of your own home, they wouldn't use it for anything more nefarious than targeted ads, right?

[–] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

"oops our database leaked again"

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Wasn't the LG one that LG could locate a person of interest and then listen in, like what a shady government would do with some Israeli technology