BBC News - Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV

Voice deactivated

"Samsung is warning customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart television set.

The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature.

Such TV sets 'listen' to every conversation held in front of them and may share any details they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said.

Privacy campaigners said the technology smacked of the telescreens, in George Orwell's 1984, which spied on citizens."

BBC News - Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV