We're Apparently Scanning Our TVs For Viruses Now
Furnished content.
We've noted for many years that (like so many "internet of things" devices) modern smart televisions have the security protection equivalent of damp cardboard. Not only are they often easily hacked (something intelligence agencies are super excited about since it gives them audio access to targets), but the companies that make them have been busted repeatedly for hoovering up user usage data (and even audio from your living room), and then failing to adequately secure it.This week, Samsung took a bit of heat for urging the company's TV customers to, for the first time, occasionally run an antivirus scan on their television sets. The Tweet was online online briefly before Samsung deleted it, apparently realizing it only advertised the fact that you shouldn't be getting viruses on your TV set in the first place:
This is a real "privacy as a luxury product" dilemma: you can get a great 55-inch inch TV for $500, but it's full of ads that subsidize the price over time and create stable revenue for the manufacturers. Would you buy a dumb TV with the same specs for $1500?— nilay patel (@reckless) June 17, 2019
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