“Don’t become a CIA target.”
http://www.ekathimerini.com/216607/article/ekathimerini/news/us-intelligence-ops-in-greece
Er... what would that be??! Trump might have a different idea. Don't know about smart TVs but the trend has been to survey
everything and archive it until they might need it.
It's the TV stuff that has been highlighted although relatively few people have smart TVs (for now!) but actually it's
mobiles that are the big target. It's like having a CIA agent in your pocket/bag:
The CIA has the ability to break into Android and iPhone handsets, and all kinds of computers The US intelligence agency has been involved in a concerted effort to write various kinds of malware to spy on just about every piece of electronic equipment that people use. That includes iPhones, Androids and computers running Windows, macOS and Linux.
If that software is as powerful as WikiLeaks claims, it could be used to remotely control those devices and switch them on and off. Once that happened, a vast array of data would be made available – including users’ locations, messages they had sent, and potentially everything heard by the microphone or seen by the camera.
ProtothemaTony
Edit: Protothema quote added.