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In Smart TV Land, Eavesdropping is Nothing New

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Feed Name: Security Ledger

Date Published: 2015-02-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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The article reports that Samsung and LG include terms of service that require users to consent to voice data collection and potential transmission to third parties via smart TV voice-recognition features; it highlights consumer privacy concerns, notes users can disable voice features (at the cost of functionality), and raises broader policy questions about mandatory data harvesting for Internet-of-Things products.

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