Hacker finds Samsung TV's have always-on mic, screen tracking and location data shared with ~400 partners Tutorial on how to turn it off 👇🏻 https://x.com/tristan0x/status/2114311011561812476

Tristan (@Tristan0x) on XIf you've ever wondered why smart TVs are so cheap, this is why. @log4j rooted his Samsung and found an always-on hot mic, automatic content recognition, geolocation, network mapping, ad targeting and user profiling, shared with Samsung's "400 partners". A lot of it can be blocked in <15 min, wro…x.comlog4j (@log4j) on Xi own a relatively new (2025) samsung tv. i kept getting weirdly targeted ads. i tried reversing the firmware but it was aes encrypted and no keys unless tear it apart and do uart/jtag magic. zero days it is. root shell on new samsung TVs! discovered PRIVACY HORROR. write up?x.com