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Is your TV watching you? New hi-tech hacks target locks, webcams and TVs

• Yahoo! News blog
.... “Smart TVs” - internet-connected televisions - can be hacked, according to researcher SeungJin Lee, allowing attackers to “watch” families through webcams, and working even if the victims try to turn the set off.

More than 80 million Smart TVs sold around the world in 2012, Lee says - but, “we hardly see security research on Smart TVs.” Lee showed off an attack on a Samsung television that allowed him to insert fake news stories into a Smart TV’s internet browser. ....

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