AND don't buy/be near a Smart TV?
FBI warning: protect yourself from your new smart TV
"We’re just now starting to appreciate that these devices first of all, capture a lot more - and a lot more information from the environment - than the device makers originally told us," said York University assistant professor Natasha Tusikov, noting that information is often stored for much longer and shared with more third parties than people realize.
In addition to the possibility that companies may be listening, watching, and gathering sensitive information, smart devices such as a television can also make your internet vulnerable, the FBI said.
“A bad cyber actor may not be able to access your locked-down computer directly, but it is possible that your unsecured TV can give him or her an easy way in the backdoor through your router,” the FBI said.
At best, hackers can be annoying - say, taking over the channel control and maxing the volume on your television.
The anti-CNN blocking earplug weapon?
see no evil, hear no evil...what's next?.....Don't even THINK evil?
I've only been in a few airports and usually the sound doesn't travel far enough for most people to actually hear what is being said...Closed captioning or the crawler on the screen is the only way I knew what was being said.