While Samsung wasn’t the only company named in the WikiLeaks documents—Apple Inc. and Google also got a mention—it’s still a problem for the South Korean giant. “Consumers could feel they are risking their personal security when they consider buying Samsung TVs. “Protecting consumers’ privacy and the security of our devices is a top priority at Samsung,” the company said in an email. According to WikiLeaks, CIA hackers developed tools to break into Apple iPhones, phones based on Google’s Android system and Samsung smart TVs to monitor conversations and messages. While Samsung said customers could turn the feature off at any time, the controversy resulted into claims the TVs could eavesdrop on conversations.

Source: Mint March 08, 2017 07:07 UTC