Your Smart TV Could Be Hacked to Spy On You

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  1. truebluefan

    truebluefan Administrator Staff Member Administrator

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    The next time you watch something on your Smart TV, beware, the television might be watching you too.

    As in turns out, just like smartphones, Smart TVs can be hacked and compromised. On Thursday, at the Black Hat security conference, researchers Aaron Grattafiori and Josh Yavor demonstrated how they found vulnerabilities in different 2012 models of Samsung Smart TVs that allowed them to turn on the camera, take control of social media apps like Facebook or Skype, and access files and basically any app on the set.

    Read more http://mashable.com/2013/08/02/samsung-smart-tv-hack/
     
  2. billwade

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    Geez, everyone wants to spy one me. I better start practicing the chant: "Up with Big Brother!"
     

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