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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by debarshri on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:25PM (#28290985)
What are the chances that someone would phish an admin user to the platform that blocks all the TV systems and block the all samsung TV devices. What are the chances that they could be snooping and monitoring what I am watching.

It would be nice to see some more transparency in these remote monitoring and management systems. The system setup is very similar to Teamviewer or kaseya where you accept them to manage your device when you accept the terms of service or user agreement.

I am not sure if it is just me, but It is making a little paranoid. In my opinion, this is not a good thing.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by infogulch on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:31PM (#28291077)
> What are the chances that they could be snooping and monitoring what I am watching.

100%.

> Samsung Smart TVs have built-in Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology that can understand viewing behavior and usage including programs, movies, ads, gaming content and OTT apps in real-time. It’s a simple 3-step process:

Linked elsewhere itt: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/samsungads/resources/tv-...

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by long11l on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:32PM (#28291113)
One of the CIA leaks included malware for turning Samsung tvs into a listening device

So it's not unrealistic for it to be done my others

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by ipaddr on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:32PM (#28291121)
What leads you to believe they are not monitoring eveything you watch now?
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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by debarshri on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:41PM (#28291293)
Jeez. I am going off the grid.
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