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Today In Creepy Privacy Policies, Samsung’s Eavesdropping TV
Tech Crunch ^ | 2/8/15

Posted on 02/08/2015 2:43:25 PM PST by Enlightened1

Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.

Left: Samsung SmartTV privacy policy, warning users not to discuss personal info in front of their TV Right: 1984

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 1984; bigbrother; eavesdropping; privacy; samsung; samsungsmarttv; smarttv
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To: Swordmaker
Is your TV saying those words.

Nope. The only reason we would know is it would say it couldn't answer the question or ask for more info. "Hey Siri" did work well when actually used, and eliminates a few steps in using Siri, but the TV asked it more questions than we did. :)

81 posted on 02/09/2015 8:52:00 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. $.98-$.89<$.10)
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To: Enlightened1

They’re probably not the only ones either...Next model year our cars will be doing this..


82 posted on 02/11/2015 4:02:59 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Enlightened1

Unbellyfeelimgingsoc..


83 posted on 02/11/2015 4:10:53 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Stillwaters

The Smart TV story


84 posted on 02/17/2015 11:05:20 AM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

BUMP! I’m scratching my head too.


85 posted on 02/19/2015 5:11:30 PM PST by upchuck (The current Federal Governent is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V.)
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To: Enlightened1

bfl


86 posted on 02/20/2015 3:28:28 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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