![]() ![]() 1.24.9.1 First presidential debate (September 26, 2016).1.24.8.1 Speech at rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (August 9, 2016).1.24.6.1 Speech about the Orlando Shooting (June 13, 2016).1.24.1.2 Speech at Dordt University (23 January 2016).1.24.1.1 Speech at Liberty University (18 January 2016).1.23.7.1 Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (November 2015).1.1.1 Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987).Soon, it'll be everything that has a digital connection. It isn't just your TV that will listen and record. We click on "I agree" with no thought of consequences, only of our convenience. It's inevitable that the more data that we put out, the more will be recorded and the more will be known about us by machines which are in the charge of people. We just want your data, so that we can make money from it." The best and only defense against intrusion from the likes of Google to Samsung is this: "We don't really care about your private life. The company promised to change its policies.Īt the heart of all this is, of course, trust. LG was, however, embroiled in a privacy controversy in 2013, when its SmartTVs were accused of knowing too much. I have contacted both companies to ask whether there is a more detailed supplement that makes their TVs capabilities clear. LG's privacy policy again is general, with no apparent specific information relating to SmartTVs and their potential. So I went to Philips SmartTVs and could only find a general privacy notice, with no specific information relating to SmartTVs. If a product can listen and record something, it's likely it will. You might imagine that other SmartTV manufacturers would have similar controls and stipulations. ![]() The TV owner can also disconnect the TV from the Wi-Fi network." However, this may prevent you from using all of the Voice Recognition features."Īs Samsung's spokesperson explained to me: "Voice recognition, which allows the user to control the TV using voice commands, is a Samsung Smart TV feature, which can be activated or deactivated by the user. This will result in "You may disable Voice Recognition data collection at any time by visiting the 'settings' menu. However, this still brings with it stipulations such as "While Samsung will not collect your spoken word, Samsung may still collect associated texts and other usage data so that we can evaluate the performance of the feature and improve it."Īlright, you cry, I'll switch voice-recognition data off altogether. You can disable the full panoply and stick to a series of already-defined voice commands. This is about making the Internet of Things merely one more thing in making your life easier, lazier and seemingly less private.Ĭlearly, this isn't the only option for those intent on a SmartTV. Your Nest and other devices will, of course, capture so many of your domestic predilections too. ![]() One imagines this is simply one more small step for mankind toward ultimate electronic envelopment, which some see as a very good thing. At that time, the voice data is sent to a server, which searches for the requested content then returns the desired content to the TV." If a consumer consents and uses the voice recognition feature, voice data is provided to a third party during a requested voice command search. Yes, we must now look for little microphone icons to check whether we're being listened to.Īs for the third parties mentioned in the privacy policy, Samsung explained it to me like this: "Samsung does not retain voice data or sell it to third parties. ![]()
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