Some smart TVs may have built-in cameras that can pose a privacy and security risk to your home and Wi-Fi system…
Q&A: How Can I Stop My TV Spying On Me?…
Following today’s publication, by WikiLeaks, of documents exposing the CIA’s secret hacking program – describing tools that can turn a world of increasingly networked, camera- and microphone-equipped devices into eavesdroppers, AP’s Frank Bajak answers the public’s biggest questions. Bajak warns consumers, there’s “not much you can do if you don’t want to sacrifice the benefits […]
And You Thought You Were Enjoying a TV Show in Privacy: Vizio Smart TVs Tracked Viewers Around the Clock Without Consent…
Vizio, one of the world’s biggest makers of Smart TVs, is paying $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected viewing habits from 11 million devices without the knowledge or consent of the people watching them. According to a complaint filed Monday by the US Federal Trade Commission, Internet-connected TVs from Vizio contained ACR—short for […]
Ransomware ‘Flocker’ Capable of Locking Smart TVs…
If a malware affects one of these devices, the said malware may eventually affect the others, too…