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Claims Samsung TVs track users with on-device AI model

Original: Samsung is for surveillance. "Samsung running a TensorFlow lite model on 960x540 image to track you": https:// twitter.c

Posts are circulating claiming Samsung smart TVs run a TensorFlow Lite model on low-resolution images to detect and track people in the room, and that the televisions use Bluetooth to detect nearby devices such as phones and microphones. Critics are sharing the findings as evidence that Samsung devices monitor users in their homes, framing the company as prioritising surveillance over privacy.

Why now: Fresh claims that Samsung TVs use AI-based detection and Bluetooth scanning to monitor people in their homes are raising privacy concerns.

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• Samsung is for surveillance. "Samsung running a TensorFlow lite model on 960x540 image to track you": https:// twitter.com/mike64_t/status/21 14150399406202896 Samsung TVs look for microphones in your house via Bluetooth and then spy events": https://… · tinkel · 1

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