BREAKING!! MSM: Now even the FBI is warning about smart TV's security!

Who didn't know this?

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

Thats what i have done with laptops for at least 10 yrs. Now. I open the bezel and disconnect the microphone and camera immediately.
Our flat screen is old so not worried about it but we will need to upgade when it finally takes a shit. So how hard is it to open up a new smart tv and disable that shit, anyone here done that yet???

Most of GLP knew that the day they were release to the public. Old news!

Smart tvs automatically pair perfectly with stupid humans.

The TV manufacturer who make TVs that don't spy on you can steal ALL the marketshare.

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.

Just a thought... but the criminals in Washington aren't too SMART... perhaps this was a way of warning them they are being listened to. Can't understand why else they would do it.

The msm reporting on it is new news.

Who didn't know this?

...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.

"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 TV manufacturer who make TVs that don't spy on you can steal ALL the marketshare.

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