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Samsung smart TVs might be eavesdropping on you

By Steve Berg
Feb 10, 2015

Be careful what you say in front of your Samsung smart TV.

The TVs that respond to voice commands could transmit other spoken words, including personal and sensitive information, to a third party, according to a part of Samsung's privacy policy that was spotted by the Daily Beast website.

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For what it's worth, Samsung told CNET that users can easily tell if the voice command feature is on because a microphone icon will appear on the screen.

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