Cybersecurity

Everything Is Listening—We Already Live In A Surveillance State, We Just Don’t Know It

As consumers use more and more devices that have CPUs and are constantly connected to the Internet (IoT - Internet of Things), they are exposing themselves to more and more risks that they don’t even know about, nor do they have any proven means to stop it and protect themselves. And you thought Alexa spying on your dinner conversations was creepy?

Everything is listening. Let me illustrate with a few examples.

Samsung TVs are caught listening to consumers conversations in their homes without their consent or even knowledge. It may be a desirable feature to some, but most people didn’t realize it was listening to everything all the time and sending data back to the mothership.