OT...Warning! Your Samsung tv is listening to you

Sounds like reasonable cause for a refund if you specifically bought it as a TV and just to watch things that a modern TV can show.

If you bought it as a security device or a hidden information monitor or ju st plain monitor than you may have a problem. The other thing of course it that as a second hand machine -even if it is the sort without bugs, it will be harder to sell. I should certainly keep away from anything with the nam e Samsung.

Come to think of it, I already have a Sony aversion.

They could also advise turning off voice recognition if the TV has it fitted. For good measure, disconnect the set from the Internet.

.. which is exactly why it's expensive to stream audio all the time and process it.

My TomTom is rubbish. When I said "zoom in" and it said "route cleared" was the one that really got me :(

The advantage of having 'in the cloud' is you can get feedback from users, and tweak your algorithms.

Andy

I think the point is can you trust a privacy compromised device to act in accordance with your wishes and actually disable the voice function.

Then, what would be the point in owning a smart TV? (Not a choice I would make btw).

Not even possible on a phone running iOS.

I deleted it and the contact list it had generated. Facebook

Mobile phones, landline phones, PCs, iPads etc can/have been equally compromised on occasion, yet most of us keep calm and carry on. I was responding to the *ludicrous* advice of the TV companies.

Good question - maybe Siri will know the answer. If one doesn't trust technology by Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, LG, Apple etc., don't buy those products and avoid the worry. Bacofoil helmets can be effective as well.

I'm happy with my Samsung TV btw.

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Most new TVs, certainly the high-end ones, have Internet connectivity. So the point of owning a smart TV is that you have bought a decent TV, that happens to have smart functionality.

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We use iplayer, 4OD, netflix etc. via the apps on our Samsung Smart TV all the time. (though of course the interface is full of all sorts of other rubbish we never use)

yeah sure, I can do that via other routes, e.g. there is a small pc attached as well as a HTPC mostlyy running XBMC, but it's so handy to just grab the TV remote.

I prefer to use an external media box - eg Roku 3 as that has a nice remote.