Your new Samsung Smart TV can be made to watch you while you're watching television, with the TV viewer unaware that they're being spied on.
Samsung tells TV with Thinus that Samsung is aware of the issue and has released a security update to resolve the issue.
CBS News reported that hackers can now watch you while you're watching TV if you have a new Samsung Smart TV, with the viewer unaware that they're being watched. It happens because the new Samsung Smart TV is equipped with a build-in camera so that users can use the Skype functionality.
Hackers however found a way to turn the camera on its owner and watch them whilst remaining undetected.
"They [hackers] could actually either see live, streaming video into your home or office or to take still camera shots of you,' [one of the researchers] said about potential hackers. There's no physical indicator, nor visual indicator, that you'd be able to know your camera was on or taking pictures of you," one of the researchers told CBS News.
The shocking way in which a Samsung Smart TV can be used to spy on people was demonstrated on Friday during a demonstration in Las Vegas, when researchers, in front of an audience of children at Defcon Kids, showed how a Samsung Smart TV can secretly be turned on the TV viewer themselves through malicious code inserted into apps which comes with the TV set.
In a statement Samsung South Africa says Samsung "takes all concerns regarding consumer privacy and information security very seriously and is aware of the security issue regarding Smart TV."
Samsung says it has released a software update "to reslove the issue and will take every possible measure to vigorously enhance the security level on Samsung Smart TV and protect its customers' privacy".
Samsung says "Samsung Smart TV software is autmoatically upgraded" and that users can check whether they have the latest software by accessing their Smart TV settings.
