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> turn some Samsung TVs into surveillance tools with an implant for recording audio from a TV’s built-in microphone. Who other than the CIA can also exploit th

by vmarsy 9y ago

> turn some Samsung TVs into surveillance tools with an implant for recording audio from a TV’s built-in microphone. Who other than the CIA can also exploit this? Is there a place where Dumb TVs still exist?

watt 9y ago
Look for "Commercial Displays" on NewEgg for example. Those are as dumb as they come.
jonny_eh 9y ago
Just don't connect your smart TV to the internet. If the spooks have physical access to your house, they can plant microphones and cameras anyways.
- yardie 9y ago
  We have one of those new Visios. The remote just has 5 or 6 buttons. Everything else is in the iPhone app which necessitates the TV having a wifi connection.
  - dTal 9y ago
    This is, of course, on purpose.
mdekkers 9y ago
Is there a place where Dumb TVs still exist? I just bought a no-brand 55" TV at a local supermarket (Spain) for €450. The saleslady was at pains to explain that this wasn't a "smart tv" and "didn't have Internet". When I told her I prefer that anyway, and that I don't want a smart tv, she looked at me as if I had lost my marbles....
- devoply 9y ago
  por qué?