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Samsung TV's On-Device AI Found Always Listening
A hacker reverse-engineered a 2025 Samsung TV and found its on-device AI continuously monitors audio; a developer then confirmed it with a fake USB microphone that was instantly recorded for 5 seconds.
2026-10-24 ~ 2026-10-24 · 2 episodes · 6 posts
Episode 1 · Hacker reverse-engineers Samsung TV, finds onboard AI listening via external mics (2026-10-24, 3 posts)
A hacker reverse-engineered a 2025 Samsung TV and found its on-device AI continuously listens, even borrowing microphones from connected devices to send audio to Bixby. Follow-up tests confirmed the behavior, and the hacker was subsequently banned by OpenAI.
- Samsung TVs without mics hunt for connected microphones and ship audio to Bixby — log4j · 2026-10-24
- Inspired by Samsung TV row, researcher fakes a USB mic with Flipper Zero to test it — ngxson · 2026-10-24
- Hacker roots his Samsung TV, finds on-device AI spying on dog and baby — then OpenAI bans him — 141_1337 · 2026-10-24
Episode 2 · Developer finds Samsung TV records exactly 5 seconds of audio from fake mic (2026-10-24, 3 posts)
Developer ngxson reverse-engineered his Samsung TV remote and, using a Flipper Zero fake USB microphone, found the TV enables the mic and records exactly 5 seconds of audio before stopping. He suspects it is a mic test routine and has open-sourced the code for verification.
- Flipper fake USB mic plugged into Samsung TV, experiment code open-sourced — ngxson · 2026-10-24
- Samsung TV opens fake USB mic and records for exactly 5 seconds, test shows — ngxson · 2026-10-24
- Dev reverse-engineering TV remote finds built-in mic that records for exactly 5 seconds at boot — ngxson · 2026-10-24