Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by skyboy101 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:35PM (#28292236)

If I'm not mistaken, smart TVs can still communicate by via inaudible sound signals directly to other devices. Spooky.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by kossTKR on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:07PM (#28292702)

Really? That's dystopian, but in a cool way. A little like Amazons own internet sharing network or what it was.

It's terrible though. We really live in a panopticon now.

Any links?

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by r3trohack3r on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:24PM (#28292896)

Not exactly the TV manufacturer doing it, but there have been reports of advertisers using ultrasonic pitches to do cross-device tracking.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by foepys on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:22PM (#28292872)

Be careful which apps you allow to use your phone's microphone.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by crysin on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:35PM (#28293008)

Slightly different than what gp was talking about but also deals with using invisible audio for DRM

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by benttoothpaste on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:29PM (#28294581)

Audio is usually invisible

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