FBI warns smart Tv spying you

Your Smart TV could spy on you, warns the FBI

According to a new FBI warning, your Smart TV could be used by criminals to hack into your home computer network and spy on every move you make. This includes looking at you and your family, as well as attacking other devices on your home network.

If you bought a new Smart TV during Black Friday sales, or are planning to buy some for the holiday season, you may want to take a moment to reconsider what you brought into your living room, or worse, into your room.

Although there are a lot of practical features delivered with modern smart TVs — such as the ability to immerse yourself in on-demand services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video at the touch of a button, stream videos from your smartphone to the big screen, and even make video calls with your friends and family while being comfortably relaxed on the couch.

Smart TVs, with an Internet connection, allow users to surf the web and watch shows from their favourite streaming platforms.

They also come with a range of customizable features instead of a remote control, including voice commands to browse channels or increase volume.

But devices — equipped with cameras, microphones and, in some cases, facial recognition technology — are often poorly secured by their manufacturers against computers or smartphones, the FBI warned last week.

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Source: News Tech