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"We Could Get Sued for This" - GamersNexus goes deep with the privacy violations and overreach of modern consumer electronics, including Smart TVs, other devices, and how they record your voice. (www.youtube.com)

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[–] Nobody@anarchist.nexus 76 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I never bought the whole bullshit line of “The device could technically be recording you, but it isn’t. Trust us.” Good on GamersNexus for doing the legwork to prove it isn’t true.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

Any device with a speaker can be retasked to use it as a microphone.