I am reporting this as I sit squarely in front of my 60-inch Samsung smart
TV…
Not even kidding here.
Samsung has confirmed that its “smart TV” sets are listening to customers’
every word, and the company is warning customers not to speak about personal
information while near the TV sets.
The company revealed that the voice activation feature on its smart TVs
will capture all nearby conversations. The TV sets can share the information,
including sensitive data, with Samsung as well as third-party services.
The news comes after Shane Harris at The Daily Beast pointed out a
troubling line in Samsung’s privacy policy: “Please be aware that if your
spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information
will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.”
Samsung has now issued a new statement clarifying how the voice activation
feature works.
“If a consumer consents and uses the voice recognition feature, voice
data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search,”
Samsung said in a statement. “At that time, the voice data is sent to a server,
which searches for the requested content then returns the desired content to
the TV.”
The company added that it does not retain or sell the voice data, but it
didn’t name the third party that translates users’ speech.
Update, Feb. 10: Samsung has updated its policy and named the
third party in question, Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Source : barenaturalhealth.com