So my friend was telling me yesterday that she got a new Samsung smart TV for her living room. One afternoon she was sitting on the couch across on the TV, which was turned off, talking to her friend about social anxiety.
The next day her Samsung phone, Facebook account, and her son’s Instagram account (which is linked to her phone number) were blown up with ads for social anxiety medications.
She called Samsung up like “WTF“ and they admitted that it was a “feature“ on the smart TV for it to record conversations even when turned off in order to provide customized ads. You could turn off the setting but of course you probably wouldn’t even know about it unless something like this happened because it’s not like they readily advertise “this thing will record your conversations even when it’s turned off“.
this ain’t alright with me … bitch what the fuck
https://www.cnet.com/news/samsungs-warning-our-smart-tvs-record-your-living-room-chatter/
This is so much worse than Mark Zuckerberg. This is literally some 1984 shit. This will make it so easy to spot people who don’t, umm, agree with the government, and in a fascist state that would be a great surveillance method. Since America is nearing that with Trump as president,
TURN OFF THIS FEATURE ON YOUR SMART TVS Y’ALL
Hot take: don’t buy them in the first place
Being the last person in 2030 not to have any smart devices in your home will probably make you a suspect.
Just like turning off multiple smartphones to have secret conversations can already make you suspect NOW.
Organize against listening features and against State power to use them, but adapt your own security culture in the mean time so your data use looks ‘normal’.
QueerAnarchism 