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Any source of information about people can be exploited by large companies. Data protection specialists at two different research centers say smart TVs share sensitive user data with companies such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Netflix. The experts, from British and American universities, have looked at how a smart TV, considered an IoT device, collects […]
Samsung has introduced a new Remote Access feature which will allow users to connect their devices to the Smart TVs, without the use of a wire. The new Remote Access feature will ship in the upcoming 2019 Samsung Smart TVs, allowing users to view content on the larger screen via other devices such as PCs, […]
Manufacturer will pay $2.2 million and delete data to settle privacy-invasion charges. Vizio, one of the world’s biggest makers of Smart TVs, is paying $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected viewing habits from 11 million devices without the knowledge or consent of the people watching them. According to a complaint filed Monday by […]
Trend Micro reports that 6.1 million devices are affected.A 3-year-old bug in the Portable SDK for UPnP Devices, also called libupnp, is present in millions of modern-day smart TVs, Internet routers, and smartphones, security research firm Trend Micro reports. Ironically, the bug itself was patched in December 2012, but developers of various mobile applications, smart […]