This warning applies to all users whose smart TV device has the option of giving voice commands.
South Korean giant Samsung has warned all users of smart TVs can not reveal too much personal information directly to these devices, given that they are able to hear everything spoken before them.
When did this option for setting the voice commands included, TV hears everything talk to him, and that information can be shared with Samsung or another independent company.
Terms explained that the TV will listen to everything people would pronounce the room in which it is located, but it is designed to detect a certain commands which the user may want to perform.
In fact, all the words that you say to TV will be recorded and sent to a third independent company that Samsung probably used to identify and convert speech to text.
Corinne Meksheri, a lawyer who specializes in digital rights, when it is stated that it would be a buyer of this TV, I actually wanted to know who she is a third party in which all data are sent, and whether all the information is stored safe.
- If a user uses the function of recognizing voice commands, voice data they are sent to a third party, ie the server should recognize the desired command that television should perform, said leaders of the company Samsung. They add that the recorded data not hold and sold, and that the owners of smart TVs always know when a voice command is included because it shows an icon of a microphone that can be seen on the screen.
Company for Samsung translates voice is Nuance, confirmed by the South Korean giant.