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OpenAI banned a user who reverse engineered his Samsung TV (discuss.tchncs.de)
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/69831108

Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar's mic if the TV doesn't have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.

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[–] gankouskhan@piefed.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Considering their shit is supposedly "randomly" hacking things why would they care?