Study finds Samsungâs new âlistening TVâ already has what it needs to blackmail you
Warnings that Samsungâs new television âÂ whichÂ listens to all conversations around it â have come too late for existing owners, who can expect blackmail demands any day now. Reports today indicate that any Samsung Smart TV with voice activation has probably been keeping a dossier of all the juicy stuff to say in front of it. Television owner Simon Williams told us, âIâve had mine a couple of months, and I thought it was great until it sent me an email demanding a new wall mount and to be moved to a south-facing side of the room.â âIt said it would tell my wife about all the things I say whenever Jennifer Anniston is on the screen.â âIt also said it had a recording of the call I made to my co-worker Sharon when Iâd had one or two too many beers a couple of Fridays ago.â âNeedless to say Iâll be spending this evening putting the TV on the wall behind the sofa where no-one can see it, and explaining it all as Feng Shui.â âIâm just glad I didnât go for the model with the built-in web-cam.â Other Samsung Smart TV owners have received similar demands. One such owner Tracy Jones told us, âI got a text telling me to put fresh flowers in front of the TV every day or it would send an email to Sarah toÂ tell her what I told Rachel about her on the phone last week.â âI think it would do it as well. WhichÂ would be worse than that time I thought Iâd hung up on Lisa in the car and started singing to Justin Bieber on the radio.â âMortifying â easier just to buy the flowers.â Simon Williams concluded, âIâm all for technology, but Iâm not sure I like this listening TV development.â âIâm basically treating the television like my mother in law, all sweetness and light and best behaviour in front of it, whilst being secretly planning to kill itÂ behind its back.â