Your TV might be watching you
Today's high-end televisions are almost all equipped with "smart" PC-like features, including Internet connectivity, apps, microphones and cameras. But a recently discovered security hole in some Samsung Smart TVs shows that many of those bells and whistles aren't ready for prime time.
The flaws in Samsung Smart TVs, which have now been patched, enabled hackers to remotely turn on the TVs' built-in cameras without leaving any trace of it on the screen. While you're watching TV, a hacker anywhere around the world could have been watching you. Hackers also could have easily rerouted an unsuspecting user to a malicious website to steal bank account information.
Samsung quickly fixed the problem after security researchers at iSEC Partners informed the company about the bugs. Samsung sent a software update to all affected TVs.
But the glitches speak to a larger problem of gadgets that connect to the Internet but have virtually no security to speak of.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/01/technology/security/tv-hack/index.html?iid=HP_River
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my vacuum cleaner eyeballs me all day long. 
It gets real freaky round here. Every time I turn the camera on... it sees me seeing it see me. 
Ive been eyeballing my vacuum cleaner. What have I done to myself? 
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Duct tape and WD40 are the answers to almost everything.
180 channels of nothing on, would only be justice to return the favor! 
