Do you have a Spying Smart TV? Learn from the Tech Woes smart TV gods how to cure Spying Smart TV woes.
Spying Smart TV
That what they get when they buy internet connected smart TVs that spy on their viewing habits. This information is sent back to 
some company’s servers, used for marketing purposes and possibly resold to others. This practice is both a major privacy concern and likely security problem, as well. Some smart TVs have spying enabled by default. It may be possible to disable, but that probably depends on your specific model. Please do your research!
What follows is a transcript of a smart TV owner concerned about his privacy and a woefully unhelpful tech support person. As is my policy, I have changed the names to protect the guilty, and any resemblance to a real life situation is coincidental. Or is it? Maybe a little bit of both. I hope you enjoy my subtle attempt at geek humor, and welcome you to express your opinions and share your frustrating experiences in the comments below. If you enjoyed this post, please feel free to share it with others. Thank you for stopping by. Craig Herberg
Unhelpful tech support guy: Technical support. How may we humiliate you?
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: I just bought a smart TV, and I think it’s spying on me.
Unhelpful tech support guy: So, how do you like Game of Thrones?
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: How do you know I’m watching Game of Thrones?
Unhelpful tech support guy: You just told me you were. Don’t worry, your smart TV just spies on other people, not on you.
Unsuspecting tech woes victim: Thank you so much. You make it so easy.
Unhelpful tech support guy: Thank you for the kind words and for calling technical support, where a stupid answer is only a phone call away. Whew, that was a close call!
a lot of people are asking. If you have the technical know-how and are not risk adverse, the answer is a definite maybe (otherwise, probably not). If you also have nothing to lose, the maybe becomes probably. Conversely, if you use your computer for your business, you need to make sure it will work with your business software. Lastly, are you unhappy with what you have?
unhelpful tech support person. The caller is concerned that the photo transfer is taking too long. As is my policy, I have changed the names to protect the guilty, and any resemblance to real life situations is purely coincidental. Or is it? Maybe a little bit of both. I hope you enjoy my subtle attempt at geek humor, and welcome you to express your opinions and share your frustrating experiences in the comments below. If you enjoyed this post, please feel free to share it with others. Thank you for stopping by. Craig Herberg
blues.
HBO Go, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant, MLB.tv, etc. Unfortunately, the picnic usually ends when a buggy cloud based update on a remote server wreaks havoc. Suddenly, the Smart TVs cannot connect to the internet, and the apps stop working. Until the vendor fixes the buggy software, their Smart TVs become expensive dumb TVs.
What are you wearing,” include: “In the cloud, no one knows what you’re wearing,” and “I can’t answer that. But it doesn’t come off.” Don’t even think about asking her what she thinks about Google Now!
when users held the phone by the bottom. Apple designed that model to use the stainless frame as an antenna. This problem was widely reported, and was derisively referred to as the death grip. In response to complaints from customers, Steve Jobs famously said, “Just avoid holding it that way.” I suppose for some, having a phone with the death grip was a badge of honor.
e to do this by exploiting a security hole in AT&T’s iPad activation web site. According to an article published in the New York Times, victims of this massive security breach included military personnel, business executives and public figures.