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Researcher says Samsung TV collects audio and screenshots, uses AI to analyze viewing

Cybersecurity researcher log4j says reverse-engineering a 2025 Samsung TV revealed that Tizen processes audio, screenshots and advertising identifiers for targeted ads. He also reports convolutional neural networks analyzing viewing behavior, skipped ads and playback speed, and says the TV can use microphones on connected devices even when it has no microphone itself.

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Researcher says Samsung TV collects audio and screenshots, uses AI to analyze viewing
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What to know

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    log4j suggests that extensive background processing of user data may explain the TV’s sluggish performance.

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    Hugging Face engineer ngxson says testing with Flipper Zero showed a Samsung TV activating a microphone for about five seconds before stopping.

Why it matters

The researchers’ claims concern how smart TVs obtain user data and how that data relates to targeted advertising.

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