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Today's high-end televisions are almost all equipped with "smart" PC-like features, including Internet connectivity, apps, microphones and cameras. But a recently discovered security hole in some Samsung Smart TVs shows that many of those bells and whistles aren't ready for prime time. http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/01/technology/security/tv-hack/index.html?iid=HP_River |
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Just don't buy a TV with a camera or a mic.
Problem solved. Who needs them in a TV anyways? ![]() Unless people want to record their reactions to a news story or something they see on TV to upload to youtube, then I might understand but there's really no benefit or purpose to having a "smart TV". Not as far as I'm concerned anyway. ![]() |
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Why does the title of this thread remind me of The Kentucky Fried Movie?
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Edited by
Dodo_David
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Sat 08/03/13 05:42 PM
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This is why.
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and once again, I remained unplugged :) in the realm of TV
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Just don't buy a TV with a camera or a mic. Problem solved. Who needs them in a TV anyways? ![]() Unless people want to record their reactions to a news story or something they see on TV to upload to youtube, then I might understand but there's really no benefit or purpose to having a "smart TV". Not as far as I'm concerned anyway. ![]() even then use yer own same as the laptops w/cameras i cover the te camera unless i wanna use it |
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Just don't buy a TV with a camera or a mic. Problem solved. Who needs them in a TV anyways? ![]() Unless people want to record their reactions to a news story or something they see on TV to upload to youtube, then I might understand but there's really no benefit or purpose to having a "smart TV". Not as far as I'm concerned anyway. ![]() even then use yer own same as the laptops w/cameras i cover the te camera unless i wanna use it Wise policy. ![]() |
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