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<blockquote data-quote="Daviworld" data-source="post: 713102" data-attributes="member: 70202">Which is why I bought a smart TV without a voice activation or camera feature installed on it, however the speaker&#039;s can stilled be used by a determined actor&nbsp; to spy on conversation&#039;s, by turning the speaker&#039;s into listening device&#039;s. I also declined Samsung&#039;s smart TV term&#039;s of agreement on set-up, due to me finding out before I bought my smart TV about the smart TV&#039;s with voice and camera function&#039;s being hacked and/or used by the companies themselves to gather information. As a paranoid security nut, that was a huge no no for me lol. However, after a awhile the convenience of just streaming through the TV while in bed, without cable&#039;s and casting seemed enticing. I utilize 3 different VPN&#039;s, one for my phone and PC, another for my console and smart TV, and another for downloading and research purposes.set up strict security policy&#039;s for the smart TV.&nbsp; So, now I can see whatever it is connecting too, how much traffic is typically used, from where, a very restrictive firewall, etc. I was even going as far as separating the TV from the LAN traffic into it&#039;s own local network and subnet, I reverted that last change, for convenience of casting. Safe to say, I have fun with each new potential spying device that enter&#039;s my home lol</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daviworld, post: 713102, member: 70202"] Which is why I bought a smart TV without a voice activation or camera feature installed on it, however the speaker's can stilled be used by a determined actor to spy on conversation's, by turning the speaker's into listening device's. I also declined Samsung's smart TV term's of agreement on set-up, due to me finding out before I bought my smart TV about the smart TV's with voice and camera function's being hacked and/or used by the companies themselves to gather information. As a paranoid security nut, that was a huge no no for me lol. However, after a awhile the convenience of just streaming through the TV while in bed, without cable's and casting seemed enticing. I utilize 3 different VPN's, one for my phone and PC, another for my console and smart TV, and another for downloading and research purposes. set up strict security policy's for the smart TV. So, now I can see whatever it is connecting too, how much traffic is typically used, from where, a very restrictive firewall, etc. I was even going as far as separating the TV from the LAN traffic into it's own local network and subnet, I reverted that last change, for convenience of casting. Safe to say, I have fun with each new potential spying device that enter's my home lol [/QUOTE]

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