Calliope
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« on: February 13, 2016, 10:26:29 pm » |
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Samsung warns customers not to discuss personal information in front of smart TVs
February 9, 2015
Facebook.com/Samsung TV
Samsung has confirmed that its "smart TV" sets are listening to customers' every word, and the company is warning customers not to speak about personal information while near the TV sets.
The company revealed that the voice activation feature on its smart TVs will capture all nearby conversations. The TV sets can share the information, including sensitive data, with Samsung as well as third-party services.
The news comes after Shane Harris at The Daily Beast pointed out a troubling line in Samsung's privacy policy: "Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party."
Samsung has now issued a new statement clarifying how the voice activation feature works. "If a consumer consents and uses the voice recognition feature, voice data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search," Samsung said in a statement. "At that time, the voice data is sent to a server, which searches for the requested content then returns the desired content to the TV."
The company added that it does not retain or sell the voice data, but it didn't name the third party that translates users' speech.
Update, Feb. 10: Samsung has updated its policy and named the third party in question, Nuance Communications, Inc. Meghan DeMaria
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2016, 06:51:24 am » |
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The link does not show what you quoted  ....why would that be?  |
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Calliope
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2016, 07:31:29 am » |
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[W]hat the internet and its cult of anonymity do is to provide a blanket sort of immunity for anybody who wants to say anything about anybody else, and it would be difficult in this sense to think of a more morally deformed exploitation of the concept of free speech.
- Richard Bernstein in the New York Times
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2016, 02:01:00 pm » |
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"Life might not be the party you were expecting, but you're here now, so you may as well get up and dance"
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2016, 03:43:22 pm » |
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I got a bit of a surprise the first time my phone told me how many minutes it would take me to get to work. I thought  then realised I had driven to and from work for 2 days and the phone had just 'assumed' I was off to work - at least I hope that's what happened. |
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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2016, 04:48:39 pm » |
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I find it amusing that their are so many morons complaing about government spying but yet will divulge so much private information to third parties without even thinking about what they are doing.
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Alicat
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 05:38:43 pm » |
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I find it amusing that their are so many morons complaing about government spying but yet will divulge so much private information to third parties without even thinking about what they are doing.
Exactly. Sometimes they are naive sometimes just stupid. |
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2016, 03:05:41 pm » |
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My TV is so old it could vote and my phone is not much younger so I dont have to worry  I dont subscribe to sky; lightbox, netflix or any other pay tv My computer is getting one too and apart from here I mainly use the internet for streaming Opera |
[W]hat the internet and its cult of anonymity do is to provide a blanket sort of immunity for anybody who wants to say anything about anybody else, and it would be difficult in this sense to think of a more morally deformed exploitation of the concept of free speech.
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2016, 03:49:37 pm » |
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Worth a read ..."Magistrate Sheri Pym, in the US District Court of Central California, ordered the tech giant to provide the FBI with software designed to defeat a self-destruct mechanism on the iPhone, according to the Associated Press, which first reported the news. The self-destruct mechanism automatically erases data on a phone after ten failed password attempts, or rather erases a key that could be used to decrypt that data. ..." http://www.wired.com/2016/02/magistrate-orders-apple-to-help-fbi-hack-phone-of-san-bernardino-shooter/ |
"Life might not be the party you were expecting, but you're here now, so you may as well get up and dance"
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Calliope
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« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2016, 04:09:56 pm » |
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I think it is time to re-read George Orwell 1984 |
[W]hat the internet and its cult of anonymity do is to provide a blanket sort of immunity for anybody who wants to say anything about anybody else, and it would be difficult in this sense to think of a more morally deformed exploitation of the concept of free speech.
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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2016, 07:33:06 pm » |
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Luckily, by the time we'd figured out the voice command thingy, the wifi and tv had stopped talking. Mr DT has a kill zone that currently contains a near new microwave, carpet shampooer, 2 vacuum cleaners, a lamp, a dishwasher and a laptop. We've only been in this bloody house two years! If samsung are hearing anything it's me doing my nana about how bloody expensive he's become.
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« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2016, 07:52:59 am » |
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Luckily, by the time we'd figured out the voice command thingy, the wifi and tv had stopped talking. Mr DT has a kill zone that currently contains a near new microwave, carpet shampooer, 2 vacuum cleaners, a lamp, a dishwasher and a laptop. We've only been in this bloody house two years! If samsung are hearing anything it's me doing my nana about how bloody expensive he's become.
Is Mr DT just trying to get out of doing the housework stuff? Breaking things would lead to a life-time ban in his mind  |
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Calliope
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« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2016, 08:21:31 am » |
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Luckily, by the time we'd figured out the voice command thingy, the wifi and tv had stopped talking. Mr DT has a kill zone that currently contains a near new microwave, carpet shampooer, 2 vacuum cleaners, a lamp, a dishwasher and a laptop. We've only been in this bloody house two years! If samsung are hearing anything it's me doing my nana about how bloody expensive he's become.
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[W]hat the internet and its cult of anonymity do is to provide a blanket sort of immunity for anybody who wants to say anything about anybody else, and it would be difficult in this sense to think of a more morally deformed exploitation of the concept of free speech.
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