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Question EVERYTHING Traveler In The Matrix User ID: 78196761 United States 12/02/2019 12:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ...That's the key takeaway from the FBI's Portland field office, which just ahead of some of the biggest shopping days of the year posted a warning on its website about the risks that smart TVs pose. Quoting: Digital mix guy "Beyond the risk that your TV manufacturer and app developers may be listening and watching you, that television can also be a gateway for hackers to come into your home. A bad cyber actor may not be able to access your locked-down computer directly, but it is possible that your unsecured TV can give him or her an easy way in the backdoor through your router," wrote the FBI. The FBI warned that hackers can take control of your unsecured smart TV and in worst cases, take control of the camera and microphone to watch and listen in. Active attacks and exploits against smart TVs are rare, but not unheard of. Because every smart TV comes with their manufacturer's own software and are at the mercy of their often unreliable and irregular security patching schedule, some devices are more vulnerable than others. Earlier this year, hackers showed it was possible to hijack Google's Chromecast streaming stick and broadcast random videos to thousands of victims. [link to finance.yahoo.com (secure)] The brainwashed plebs will just keep watching... First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever." ~ George Orwell "The exact level of tyranny that you're going to live under, is the level of tyranny you put up with." ~Thomas Jefferson "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~ Thomas Jefferson |
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Bluebird1 User ID: 58042994 United States 12/02/2019 10:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The FBI is warning us? Lol....... Where have they been .....under a rock? Perhaps the Corporations should be stopped from putting their spy shit in our products amongst other things. All the alphabet agencies have ALLOWED the corruption and they damn well know it. |
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Joe in JT User ID: 75049243 United States 12/02/2019 10:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My Samsung 32" TV is now going on 12 years old. I don't think it has spy gadgets in it. These TV's should become very valuable in the future. People will try desperately to get away from being spied on. New cars are the worst. Anyone who buys a brand new home with "the internet of things" is a strange bird. A new home and a new car today .... plus a new cell phone.... just about wraps it up. You are TOTALLY spied on and tracked. I will keep my 70 year old home, my 37 year old car, and my old TracFone. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76767630 United States 12/02/2019 10:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every pc and cellphone is spyware, but oh no, the tv's!! Seriously, everyone I know has smart TV's now, they dominate every store. The best we can do is learn how to disable the mic, camera and wi-fi. Remove the implements and be happy. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 45553729 United States 12/02/2019 10:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Where are the cameras in them at? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77936235 I thought they didn't have caneras. Why do they even have Mike's? Is that like fire TV's? I'm pretty sure mine (smarttv)does not have camera or mic but I will check it out today. I got it because it runs on apps like win10 and has the ability to use my home internet to download new tv apps. Hmmm. Interesting but if someone wants to watch me pick my ass or nose in my undies than...... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76238893 United States 12/02/2019 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They let 3,000 Americans die on 9/11, no forewarning, zero response... you think the FBI didn't know about 9/11 in advance? Now suddenly the FBI is concerned about your privacy? BULLSHIT! They are either trying to distract you or setting the stage for something horrific... only plausible explanation. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75914843 United States 12/02/2019 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The TV manufacturer who make TVs that don't spy on you can steal ALL the marketshare. Quoting: XeroGravity No marketplace. Amazon, walmart, and the largest electronic retailers are all owned by the same interests. Those parties depend on the aftermarket value of your data and the ability to sell it and spy access to ewe. The hardware, service providers, and the content providers all spy and profit from it, not only from each household, but from each node. 5G with IOT makes this entire warning moot, as ALL CONNECTED DEVICES will form an always on, ubiquitous data capture nervous system. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 72497887 United States 12/02/2019 10:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | HaHa. 7-8yrs ago Samsung came out and told owners of their teLIEvision sets to Not Discuss sensitive personal information such as banking information in the same room as their teLIEvision sets. This has been in your faces for a minute now. MAGA |
Archaic Smile User ID: 78093611 United States 12/02/2019 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yet people dont bat an eyelash when you mention Computers being just as dangerous at being able to be infiltrated? __ Smart Phones? Its not just Smart TVs its any modern tech device. And at another time, when they raised a question about fortifications, he said that a city is not unfortified whose crowning glory is men and not bricks and stones. -Plutarch, Moralia |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77864894 United States 12/02/2019 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The FBI is warning us? Lol....... Quoting: Bluebird1 58042994 Where have they been .....under a rock? Perhaps the Corporations should be stopped from putting their spy shit in our products amongst other things. All the alphabet agencies have ALLOWED the corruption and they damn well know it. The last few years has shown me that the FBI is a rogue agency that operates at their own discretion and enforces laws only against those they consider a threat to the very survival of the rogue FBI. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75914843 United States 12/02/2019 10:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yet people dont bat an eyelash when you mention Computers being just as dangerous at being able to be infiltrated? Quoting: Archaic Smile __ Smart Phones? Its not just Smart TVs its any modern tech device. Most of these devices are because people are too lazy to use a keyboard anymore. "Alexa!" Stepwise progression to h+. Pong, atari, ibm, apple, laptops, phones, gps, onstar, tablets, fitness devices, smart clothes and appliances, personal assistants, glasses, etc. We are moving to a non-interface merging of being simultaneously data capture and anaylsis nodes. No typing or talking. Thought driven. |
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