Two senators, alarmed about the potential of smart TVs spying on users in the privacy of their homes, asked the FTC to “launch an investigation into the privacy policies and practices of smart TV manufacturers.”
Wait, what year is this? There’s nothing new about smart TV spying. Zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Smart TVs were exposed at the end of 2012; if exploited, attackers could gain control of the webcam and microphone. Smart TVs were called the perfect target for spying on users back in 2013 – the same year as a Black Hat presentation about hacking Samsung Smart TVs.
