Many of them even come with default setting that requires sending the device data back to the company. This is the operating system that provides the controls and functions to the device.Imagine spending a fortune on your new smart TV that ends up snooping on you. You have recently bought a smart TV and are enjoying all its new features unaware of the many perils it comes with. Before you understand what exactly happened, the smart TV with its features like voice recognition and built-in video camera records you most intimate moments. Once a smart TV started capturing its owner's viewing habits and shared this data with advertisers by default.

Source: Economic Times October 07, 2017 12:11 UTC