Documents posted by WikiLeaks show the CIA was able to turn some televisions into covert microphoneshttps://t.co/gb6CU9NJQ6
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 7, 2017
From the Wall Street Journal:
“These documents, which appear to be authentic, show that the intelligence community has deliberately maintained vulnerabilities in the most common devices used by hundreds of millions of people,” Ben Wizner, the director of the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.
“Those vulnerabilities will be exploited not just by our security agencies, but by hackers and governments around the world. The government has the capacity and obligation to help technology companies fix vulnerabilities as soon as they are discovered,” Mr. Wizner said.
...WikiLeaks said one of the documents also shows how the CIA developed a program to hack internet-connected televisions in conjunction with British intelligence. The attacks can place Samsung smart TVs in a fake off mode, so the owner believes the television is switched off, while in reality it is functioning as a bug and recording conversations in the room, WikiLeaks said.
It's the CIA's job to monitor foreign entities.
But, intentionally maintaining vulnerabilities in devices puts us all at risk.
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