recent Wikileaks on the CIA

[Obliviax]

suggests the CIA hacked smart TV's, including Samsung. So, basically, they could monitor your activities via your Samsung smart TV. They also say that they can bug IoT (Internet of Things) smart thermostats.

Wow....gotta love technology!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

So they find out Fonzie's hooked on The Animal Planet channel.....I have absolutely no idea what the CIA is going to do with that info!

 

[NC2017]

suggests the CIA hacked smart TV's, including Samsung. So, basically, they could monitor your activities via your Samsung smart TV. They also say that they can bug IoT (Internet of Things) smart thermostats.

Wow....gotta love technology!

So you wonder why Samsung Galaxy phones were spontaneously bursting into flames? Or the battery life on some iPhones is 3 hours? Anyone want to buy my Amazon Echo cheap?

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

Has anyone considered that we've never seen any wiki stuff from Russia?

Is it because everything is so "hunky dory" with civil servants in Moscow?

Just sayin, It's weird.[/QUOTE


Приходите, Владимир даст вам укрытие от бури.

 

[JoeBatters1]

The CIA - another horrible organization that needs to be trashed.

suggests the CIA hacked smart TV's, including Samsung. So, basically, they could monitor your activities via your Samsung smart TV. They also say that they can bug IoT (Internet of Things) smart thermostats.

Wow....gotta love technology!

 

[Ian]

We are lemmings posting all kinds of stuff on social media and then lining up for days prior to the release of the newest form of personal surveillance device going on sale. And we are surprised and pissed off. No, Apple, Samsung, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc... know nothing!

 

[BobPSU92]

 

[lionlurker]

Huh. We have a Samsung TV in the bedroom. No wonder my wife's always been saying no.

 

[step.eng69]

Huh. We have a Samsung TV in the bedroom. No wonder my wife's always been saying no.

Lurker,
Maybe it’s the wheezing and not the grunting that she doesn’t want in the recording transcript!

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[step.eng69]

Derek Zoolander???

 

[Woodpecker]

Derek Zoolander???

It was actually meant as a response to Rip_E_to_Joe_Pa's "Приходите, Владимир даст вам укрытие от бури." but, for whatever reason, the reply function didn't include it.

 

[step.eng69]

It was actually meant as a response to Rip_E_to_Joe_Pa's "Приходите, Владимир даст вам укрытие от бури." but, for whatever reason, the reply function didn't include it.

You come, Vladimir will give to you shelter from the storm???

 

[Woodpecker]

You come, Vladimir will give to you shelter from the storm???

Da, tovaritch. I thought that Dylan as a Russian general might be inclined to say that.

 

[Langmuir]

The only thing I got from the leaks is that they have the capability to use the technology that is out there. It does not mean they have turned on the microphones of every US citizen that has a Samsung Smart TV. I would be willing to bet that almost every spy agency in the world has similar capabilities.

If it really freaks you out that somebody can spy on you, do not buy devices equipped with cameras and microphones. If you think that only the CIA has this capability, you are naive.

 

[Class of 67]

I don't lose a wink of sleep over CIA monitoring my activities. It's mandate is monitoring foreign bad guys, which could spill over to collaborative US citizens. I'm not one of them. The poster who cited commercial product technology monitoring of your buying habits and other activities is spot on. For example, I and my family just returned from a ski trip to Vail, and Google notified my son how far he had skied that week. It followed his movements on the slopes presumably through GPS. While this might disturb some, it is kind of cool to get this feedback.

 

[Woodpecker]

... and put on a different tee shirt - I don't like the one you're wearing.

 

[NC2017]

I don't lose a wink of sleep over CIA monitoring my activities. It's mandate is monitoring foreign bad guys, which could spill over to collaborative US citizens. I'm not one of them. The poster who cited commercial product technology monitoring of your buying habits and other activities is spot on. For example, I and my family just returned from a ski trip to Vail, and Google notified my son how far he had skied that week. It followed his movements on the slopes presumably through GPS. While this might disturb some, it is kind of cool to get this feedback.

Yeah, it's kinda like black boxes now in cars that can record data like speed, etc. Coupled with GPS, soon the state can just mail drivers traffic tickets when they err.

 

[MtNittany]

Yeah, it's kinda like black boxes now in cars that can record data like speed, etc. Coupled with GPS, soon the state can just mail drivers traffic tickets when they err.

I'll bet Michael Hastings would have liked to get out w/just a traffic ticket.

 

[psu00]

The CIA - another horrible organization that needs to be trashed.

In this case I don't really see the problem. I want the CIA to be able to listen through a computer, phone, or tv into every conversation by a drug lord in Columbia, terrorist group in the Middle East, nut job dictator in North Korea or Iran, or any government official in Russia, China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Pakistan, etc.

If they can find out key info without putting lives at risk it's a win-win. It's their job to find ways to do this.

Now, of course, the entire planet is warned what the CIA (and others) can do and the bad guys will adjust their behavior accordingly- making intelligence agencies jobs much more difficult.

Meanwhile, the same groups that are up in arms about the CIA's new abilities are usually the same groups that bitch the loudest about the CIA every time there is an intelligence failure.

 

[razpsu]

What is scary with this is that the tv or device can be off and they can still record and listen in on your conversation.

 

[psulion2001]

Has anyone considered that we've never seen any wiki stuff from Russia?

Is it because everything is so "hunky dory" with civil servants in Moscow?

Just sayin, It's weird.

https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/wikileaks-syria-files-syria-russia-bank-2-billion/

This should just about prove that they are Russia's puppet.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

It was actually meant as a response to Rip_E_to_Joe_Pa's "Приходите, Владимир даст вам укрытие от бури." but, for whatever reason, the reply function didn't include it.

It was Hacked!

 

[BBrown]

suggests the CIA hacked smart TV's, including Samsung. So, basically, they could monitor your activities via your Samsung smart TV. They also say that they can bug IoT (Internet of Things) smart thermostats.

Wow....gotta love technology!

sounds very Batmanish.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Has anyone considered that we've never seen any wiki stuff from Russia?

Is it because everything is so "hunky dory" with civil servants in Moscow?

Just sayin, It's weird.

Snowden is in Russia, right? Seems like he might be tight with the Wikileaks people. Dunno. Curious...

 

[Lion Lineage]

Yeah, WikiLeaks only seems to leak US intel. community stuff. Nothing from the Russians, Chinese, Israelis, etc. Some U.K. intel stuff is caught up with the US leaks, but that's about it. I think at this point it's safe to say that there is some sort of working relationship between Assange and Russia.

 

[Nitt1300]

Yeah, WikiLeaks only seems to leak US intel. community stuff. Nothing from the Russians, Chinese, Israelis, etc. Some U.K. intel stuff is caught up with the US leaks, but that's about it. I think at this point it's safe to say that there is some sort of working relationship between Assange and Russia.

there seems to be a lot of that going around

 

[4rosco]

Yeah, WikiLeaks only seems to leak US intel. community stuff. Nothing from the Russians, Chinese, Israelis, etc. Some U.K. intel stuff is caught up with the US leaks, but that's about it. I think at this point it's safe to say that there is some sort of working relationship between Assange and Russia.

Maybe because the punishment in some of those countries if you get caught would be much more severe that people don't want to take the risk

 

[Lion Lineage]

Maybe because the punishment in some of those countries if you get caught would be much more severe that people don't want to take the risk

Nah. There were a number of high level Russian spies (spying for the US) during the Cold War, and they knew the punishment was death - and a lot of them were caught and executed but it didn't stop new ones from providing the US with Soviet secrets. Most people don't realize just how much the US got from Soviet spies that allowed us to circumvent their radar systems and so forth.

 

[4rosco]

Nah. There were a number of high level Russian spies (spying for the US) during the Cold War, and they knew the punishment was death - and a lot of them were caught and executed but it didn't stop new ones from providing the US with Soviet secrets. Most people don't realize just how much the US got from Soviet spies that allowed us to circumvent their radar systems and so forth.

I understand that but there is less chance of death for those releasing info on the US. Look at 2 recent cases of Manning (Obama let out of prison early) and Snowden (US never really pushed hard to get Russia to turn him over)

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

Am I the only one that thinks this story, if true, is really cool?

 

[lionroar88]

If you don't want them turning on your devices, then unplug them from the Internet.

 

[LafayetteBear]

This is likely to effect a very significant reduction in the amount of masturbation that goes on in front of computers and TV screens, not that there's anything wrong with that. Amirite?

 

[Woodpecker]

This is likely to effect a very significant reduction in the amount of masturbation that goes on in front of computers and TV screens, not that there's anything wrong with that. Amirite?

Beats me

 

[Lion Lineage]

I understand that but there is less chance of death for those releasing info on the US. Look at 2 recent cases of Manning (Obama let out of prison early) and Snowden (US never really pushed hard to get Russia to turn him over)

Oh yeah. Agree completely. I misinterpreted your post.

 

[Lion Lineage]

This is likely to effect a very significant reduction in the amount of masturbation that goes on in front of computers and TV screens, not that there's anything wrong with that. Amirite?

Fox Mulder can help you with that:

 

[BoulderFish]

suggests the CIA hacked smart TV's, including Samsung. So, basically, they could monitor your activities via your Samsung smart TV. They also say that they can bug IoT (Internet of Things) smart thermostats.

Wow....gotta love technology!

Wikileaks also released to youtube some of the footage that the CIA has captured. Apparently @21Guns has a samsung TV.

 

[21Guns]

Wikileaks also released to youtube some of the footage that the CIA has captured. Apparently @21Guns has a samsung TV.

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I am not a fighter at all. In fact, many on this board can take me.

But all that matters, is that I can take you, which I can. You are all that matters. As long as you get your ass kicked, all is well.

 

[step.eng69]

Beats me

Nice Woody

 

[step.eng69]

Wikileaks also released to youtube some of the footage that the CIA has captured. Apparently @21Guns has a samsung TV.

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LOL, that's funny, like the moves. Then at 68, I like anything that moves.