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A bit of fine print included in Samsung's privacy policy is drawing comparisons to George Orwell's 

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All of Samsung's smart TVs — which take voice commands — 

 that essentially says: Your TV is listening and might be sending what you say to Samsung and a third party responsible for transcribing what you say.


"Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition," the privacy policy says.

 last week and now it's made its way across the world.
Parker Higgings, an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sent out a tweet, comparing the privacy statement to a passage from 

, which said it takes privacy "very seriously" and wanted customers to make informed decisions about the functionalities they choose to use.


The voice command functionality, it said, is activated using the remote control and owners can chose to disable it.

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All of Samsung's smart TVs come with a warning to consumers that essentially says: Your TV is listening and might be sending what you say to Samsung.

Samsung warns customers their smart TVs are listening

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