Samsung: watch what you say in front of our TVs, they're sending your words to third partiesPart of the Samsung Smarttv EULA: "Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."
This is part of their speech-recognition tech, which uses third parties (whose privacy policies Samsung doesn't make any representations about) to turn your words into text.
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See also the microphone on every feature and smartphone since CALEA in the 1990s. Can be yours for a few dozen to a few hundred bucks in the RAT stores, completely legal because they are based on exploits the FBI requires must stay unpatched.
‘Smith!’ screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. ‘6079 Smith W.! Yes, YOU! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You’re not trying. Lower, please! THAT’S better, comrade. Now stand at ease, the whole squad, and watch me.’
Well like they say, this really only affects people whose spoken words include personal or other sensitive information. Think I'll be fine as I generally only use verbal communication to convey my brand preferences.
Does anyone have any sources on Ancient Rome about spies and ordinary peoples' fear of being overheard? I wonder what they had to say on the topic.