Someone out there is looking at you 2015-02-09, 13:42:10 Outside it's drones, inside it's smart TVs.Not in front of the tellyMaybe it is not so smart getting a Smart TV.I suggest an armchair-mounted flame thrower.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #1 – 2015-02-09, 13:56:39 It's worse than you think. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden told the world last month that the agency can eavesdrop through the microphones of cellphones even when they’re switched off — a claim experts have now confirmed.According to a team of security researchers cited in a Mirror report, a hack for such surveillance lies within Apple’s iPhone software, which is capable of “playing dead” while it’s still turned on.We have two iPhones, so we're double covered.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #2 – 2015-02-09, 14:08:55 I shall put ear plugs in my 0G flip phone immediately.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #4 – 2015-02-14, 01:52:48 Just be careful when buying a Samsung television set.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #5 – 2015-02-14, 03:09:35 Nice. Televisions that watch you back. Who'da thunket?
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #6 – 2015-02-14, 09:34:00 I imagine e.g. the Xbox 360 might've had this problem before any televisions did?
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #7 – 2015-02-14, 11:24:38 Quote from: rjhowie on 2015-02-13, 20:52:48Just be careful when buying a Samsung television set.I own two of the damned things! A couple of days ago I heard them talking to each other. "When is he coming home?""I don't know. I heard his wife talking about an Apple TV!""WHAT!?"
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #8 – 2015-02-14, 11:34:36 Quote from: string on 2015-02-09, 13:42:10Someone out there is looking at youWhen younger I remember the Guardian Angel... No one speaks about the guardian angel anymore, I suppose they got extinct.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #9 – 2015-02-14, 11:41:28 Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-02-14, 11:34:36When younger I remember the Guardian Angel... No one speaks about the guardian angel anymore, I suppose they got extinct.Nope, they just got replaced by the NSA.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #10 – 2015-02-14, 11:56:03 My TV is old. So old it still has CRT, and is heavy as a pregnant elephant. But, it doesn't listen to you so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Re: Someone out there is looking at you Reply #11 – 2015-02-14, 12:03:04 What would happen if a large asteroid slammed into the Earth?I don't know, but what would happen if a CRT TV evolved into a smart TV?