Consumer Reports: Flaws Make Samsung, Roku TVs Vulnerable

Consumer Reports found that millions of smart TVs from vendors using the Roku platform and some Samsung sets have security flaws—unsecured APIs and flawed authorization—that could allow relatively unsophisticated attackers on the same network or via a malicious app to change channels, play content, or alter volume; the report also highlights privacy/data-collection concerns by manufacturers but notes the identified issues do not enable spying or data theft.