Samsung releases Orwellian privacy policy for its Smart TV — don’t give out personal information
SMART TVs let you command them by voice recognition. Samsung, echoing George Orwell’s 1984, tells owners why not to reveal any personal info.
SAMSUNG has released its privacy policy for its data-collecting Smart TVs.
It’s almost as though George Orwell’s 1984 novel has come to life.
Samsung’s privacy policy contains the following passage:
“Samsung may collect and your device may capture voice commands and associated texts so that we can provide you with Voice Recognition features and evaluate and improve the features. Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.”
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In other words don’t talk in front of the Smart TV about the weekend’s shopping or tell your wife the PIN for your ATM or your bank and credit card details.
TechCrunch reported that Parker Higgins had tweeted that Samsung’s policy invokes visions of one of Orwell’s all-knowing telescreens.
Left: Samsung SmartTV privacy policy, warning users not to discuss personal info in front of their TV Right: 1984 pic.twitter.com/osywjYKV3W
— Parker Higgins (@xor) February 8, 2015Samsung is being praised for its honesty as most smart TVs routinely require users to agree to having their viewing data sent to the TV maker and then shared with advertising agencies and others simply in order for them to gain access to the service, theverge reported.
Originally published as Samsung releases Orwellian privacy policy for its Smart TV — don’t give out personal information
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