As I mentioned in my previous post, one of the technology stories that crossed over into the mainstream media last week was the news that Samsung’s Smart TV were listening out for conversations — part of its voice recognition features — and transmitting them to an un-named third party.
Now I won’t repeat the reasons why Samsung needs to do this, but I will repeat that Samsung’s big mistake was to have this voice recognition feature turned on by default — which meant that customers were unaware it was happening unless they happened to read the lengthy privacy policy and understand its implications.
This is the second radio spot I did on the topic, for ABC 720 Perth with presenter Jamie Burnett.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:21 — 4.2MB)
This audio is @2015 Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Bonus link: My ZDNet Australia piece from Smart TVs are dumb, and so are we.