wkearney99
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Why anyone would waste their valuable time trying to hack my systems to watch me is beyond my comprehension. Have at it if that excites. Not something worth 2 seconds of my time worrying about.
The point isn't necessarily to hack your devices to steal your info. It's to hack your devices in ways that allow to be used to then hack others. Or, essentially, lobotomize them into being zombie devices to disrupt other networks. Some folks just want to cause mayhem.
Some of the 'smart' devices out there have little in the way of security preventing them from being abused that way.
That and some of the apps in the TVs can't be properly/fully disabled. This leaves them prone to constantly 'phoning home', which can waste a lot of bandwidth, especially if you're on a cellular data connection. Even if you're not using the smart apps directly, the devices still collect and submit data on use.