On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Peter Gutmann <[email protected]> wrote: > grarpamp <[email protected]> writes: > >>Voice recognition, which allows the user to control the TV using voice >>commands, is a Samsung Smart TV feature, which can be activated or >>deactivated by the user. > > ... which can then be reactivated by anyone who walks through the 6.022e23 > security holes that come preconfigured in any "smart" TV.
A mole in the home - nice. >>The TV owner can also disconnect the TV from the Wi-Fi network. > > ... thus reducing it to a dumb TV. And why should it be smart? AFAICT, "smart", anymore, WRT to all thnngs consumer/IoT, means nothing more than "spies on you". > (Anyone know how long a TV will run like that, without any access to the > constant stream of communication those things want to engage in?). I don't care about that - I've got a 1080p projector and a bluray player, and buy disks from the bin with cash. If and when 4k projectors come down to a reasonable level I might (maybe) buy one of those and a matching player. Kurt
