The idea is that if the camera detects two people canoodling on the couch, they might be delivered ads for a new romantic movie, while a roomful of children would see ads for an Air Hogs remote control helicopter. Quicklist:media: 19970807title: Your Cable Boxtext: Companies including Google and Verizon are reportedly developing cable boxes with built-in video cameras and motion sensors. That said, who's to say that Samsung is the only brand to have experienced a security issue? Samsung says it patched the security flaw. They could even switch on the camera embedded in the TV and watch viewers watching the set. Computer Security firm ReVuln proved last year that it could hack Samsung's newest televisions, accessing users' settings, installing malware on the TVs and any connected devices, and harvesting all the personal data stored on the machine. It does it all by connecting to the Internet. Quicklist:media: 19971219title: Your Televisiontext:Įver wonder how your TV remembers what shows you've watched, which ones you plan to watch, and how long you watched last episode of "Homeland" before falling into nightmare-ridden sleep? Here are nine appliances and other systems inside your house that may be spying on you right now, or used to spy on you in the future. The same technological innovation that empowers us also makes us vulnerable to those who would exploit such advances against us.
If those networks are hacked, information about your habits and behaviors could be available to people with nefarious goals. Your mobile devices, your TV, and now various other types of home appliances can be wired into a network that can track you. Does it gather data about how you use it? Does it connect to the Internet? If so, it could be used to spy on you.
18, 2013— - intro: For Americans concerned about their privacy, the NSA data grabs are daunting, but what about the data grabs happening inside your own home, perpetrated not by the government, but by your coffee machine?Ĭonsider every appliance and every piece of home electronics that you own.
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