Smart TVs from The Samsung of 2025 could be spying on its users by capturing environmental sounds and monitoring viewing habits. This is reported by a cyber security researcher known as a Log4jspecializing in reverse engineering, which ensures that the devices collect information through artificial intelligence systems and that this data would have been shared with more than 400 business partners.
According to the researcher’s analysis, televisions incorporate a function called always on voice, which would allow audio to be captured continuously. The expert maintains that, even when the device does not have a built-in microphone, the system could use connected devices to bluetooth or compatible soundbars to record ambient sounds.
Data collection would also include everyday sounds, such as dogs barking or babies crying, as well as information about ads that viewers skip. This data would serve, according to the complaint, to create detailed profiles of users using neural networks. The specialized medium Cybernews would have contacted Samsung for an explanation, but according to the information provided, the company had not made any official response public.
The accusations against Samsung add to the information that appeared earlier about the smart TVs of LGwhich would also have collected data related to microphones, Wi-Fi networks and connected devices in homes. The practices attributed to Samsung, however, have not been independently verified and are based on the researcher’s claims.
