Hacker roots $3000 Samsung TV, finds always-on mic and telemetry to 400 partners
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-25
A security researcher rooted a brand-new 2025 Samsung TV (via zero-days, since firmware was locked) and found an always-on microphone, automatic content recognition, geo tracking, network mapping, and telemetry shipped to Samsung plus 400 partners, with four separate DRM systems. "This isn't a bug, it's the product." The post also frames it as a case for the right to reverse engineer, which LLMs make accessible to many.
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