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FBI warns smart TVs might be spying on you
WHP-Harrisburg ^ | 12/05/2019 | Brendan Kinney

Posted on 12/06/2019 5:53:02 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: Pollard

Something you might want to be aware of, with the proper electronics attached, a speaker is also a microphone. They have had this technology for quite awhile now. I have used headphone speakers as electronic mic pickups on acoustic musical instruments like guitars many times when in a pinch and needing a local mic right away.

But you are on the right track towards a work around there. Have you considered a Raspberry Pi for that? They have all the needed software available for your Kodi project. :)


41 posted on 12/06/2019 9:23:17 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BenLurkin

Shouldn’t the FBI have pay royalties..or at least $60/month cable fees and have to watch 5 minutes of commercials every 15 minutes?


42 posted on 12/06/2019 9:27:52 AM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: hal ogen

The Good Morning Ukranians Show is good TV.


43 posted on 12/06/2019 9:29:48 AM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: Thermalseeker
Nothing a well placed dab of silicone won’t cure...

The key words are "well placed". How many people would have a clue where to place it?

44 posted on 12/06/2019 9:41:45 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Leep

LOL


45 posted on 12/06/2019 9:43:50 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: BenLurkin
This article tells how to disable the spying function on various brands of smart televisions -
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features/
46 posted on 12/06/2019 9:55:23 AM PST by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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To: ManHunter

They are too busy making sure no one copies DVD’s
I feel so much safer knowing the FBI is on the case. /LOL


47 posted on 12/06/2019 9:55:36 AM PST by Zathras
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To: BenLurkin

Well good for the hackers if they get off on watching an old man scratch his balls while watching TV!


48 posted on 12/06/2019 10:08:22 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Openurmind

Thanx for the info. Much appreciated.


49 posted on 12/06/2019 10:25:21 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: dainbramaged

bttt


50 posted on 12/06/2019 11:09:23 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Karma_Sherab

Smart watches don’t have the range to be useful bugs. The phone you hook it up to on the other hand... It’s a post privacy world, get used to it.


51 posted on 12/06/2019 11:25:14 AM PST by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: duckman

It was more of a personal unhinged rant than it was info. lol

But if it can help, you are absolutely welcome. :)


52 posted on 12/06/2019 11:34:46 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: discostu
It’s a post privacy world, get used to it.

Well, if someone is listening in on MY stuff, they've got to be bored
53 posted on 12/06/2019 12:10:38 PM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: ManHunter

Never! They are upstanding law enforcement people! Wait my tongue about snapped off its roller after saying that. I just wonder how many times the FBI, CIA and NSA have tapped into tv’s, phones or just out right bugged the homes of American citizens for their political purposes. After the 2016 election I would say if the truth were known the peasants would descend on these agencies headquarters with copious amounts of tar and feathers for these low life goons.

I have a smart tv in my office and the first thing the IT guy did who set it up was to ask if I had any black or duct tape, yeah I said. He got a small piece and taped over the camera and mic points and said you don’t know how easy it is to hack into one of these. He used to work in IT in the USMC. Sadly this dude passed from cancer a year or so ago.


54 posted on 12/06/2019 12:13:42 PM PST by sarge83
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