Some of my less IT savvy friends have been lamenting that though they have smart televisions and mobile phones, they are not smart enough to use them.
Now, the real danger is that those smart televisions could be spying on their viewers! This is really scary and no one is safe unless he or she chooses to remain backward in technology.
My friend commented:
"This is scary, REAL SCARY ! Seems everything and anything that uses Smart technology, is used to spy on us consumers. Smartphones, Smart TVs, SmartAss corporates, etc.
Just be wary and careful of what you put in your USB thumbdrive or external harddisk. Like USA's NSA, the whole bloody world is spying on each other, and has gone bonkers!!!
So be smart!!. Stay dumb and use dumbdevices, or just be careful with smartass devices. No one is safe any more!! Big Brother is Watching!!!"
Excerpt from an article:
LG Smart TV spying, owner claims his USB filenames posted on LG servers
A new LG Smart TV owner claimed that LG collects info from connected devices, like USBs, and uploads it to LG servers, even when collection of info is turned off; LG claims it's part of the Terms and Conditions.
After viewing ads on the LG Smart landing screen, DoctorBeet did some digging and found a "creepy corporate video" for LG Smart Ads, which claims to have an "intelligent platform" that analyzes users' favorite programs, search keywords and online behavior to best serve targeted ads; successful ads on LG Smart TV home page have been "proven by customer eye tracking tests."
He found a "Collection of watching info" option in the settings. Collection is on by default, but even after turning collection "off" and running traffic analysis, DoctorBeet discovered, "It turns out that viewing information appears to be being sent regardless of whether this option is set to On or Off."
More:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/lg-smart-tv-spying-owner-claims-his-usb-filenames-posted-lg-servers
According to the list, 'Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime', which include The Post Office; The Check (or cheque); The Newspaper; The Book; The Land Line Telephone; Music; Television; The "Things" that you own; and Joined handwriting, the last but not least of which is Privacy!
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Now, the real danger is that those smart televisions could be spying on their viewers! This is really scary and no one is safe unless he or she chooses to remain backward in technology.
My friend commented:
"This is scary, REAL SCARY ! Seems everything and anything that uses Smart technology, is used to spy on us consumers. Smartphones, Smart TVs, SmartAss corporates, etc.
Just be wary and careful of what you put in your USB thumbdrive or external harddisk. Like USA's NSA, the whole bloody world is spying on each other, and has gone bonkers!!!
So be smart!!. Stay dumb and use dumbdevices, or just be careful with smartass devices. No one is safe any more!! Big Brother is Watching!!!"
Excerpt from an article:
LG Smart TV spying, owner claims his USB filenames posted on LG servers
A new LG Smart TV owner claimed that LG collects info from connected devices, like USBs, and uploads it to LG servers, even when collection of info is turned off; LG claims it's part of the Terms and Conditions.
After viewing ads on the LG Smart landing screen, DoctorBeet did some digging and found a "creepy corporate video" for LG Smart Ads, which claims to have an "intelligent platform" that analyzes users' favorite programs, search keywords and online behavior to best serve targeted ads; successful ads on LG Smart TV home page have been "proven by customer eye tracking tests."
He found a "Collection of watching info" option in the settings. Collection is on by default, but even after turning collection "off" and running traffic analysis, DoctorBeet discovered, "It turns out that viewing information appears to be being sent regardless of whether this option is set to On or Off."
More:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/lg-smart-tv-spying-owner-claims-his-usb-filenames-posted-lg-servers
According to the list, 'Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime', which include The Post Office; The Check (or cheque); The Newspaper; The Book; The Land Line Telephone; Music; Television; The "Things" that you own; and Joined handwriting, the last but not least of which is Privacy!
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