Smartphone hacking is a common practice, but now the round of Smart TV is hacking. Smart TV trend has started in India and now people are giving preference to Smart TV rather than traditional TVs. Since smart TV works largely on the same type of software as it is in your smartphone. For Smart TV, you also need internet. So smart TV hacking is now getting easier and hackers are making this a target.
Samsung is also ahead in the TV market and recently the company has given details on ways to Prevent Smart TV from hacking and Dangerous codes on its official website. Now there are some smart TVs in the market that have built-in microphones. The purpose of the microphone is to run it using the voice command. At present, there are TV trends where voice commands can be given from remote.
There are also some Smart TVs that have the Always On Voice command system. In such a case, for hackers this is not a difficult task, they are listening to your conversation through the TV in your bedroom. Smart TV has many apps, there are dedicated app stores for smart TVs from where users download different apps.
There are also smart TVs in the market, which also has a camera. Now imagine yourself that a hacker can hack your smart TV and control the camera and microphone. There is a TV in front of you in the bedroom and you do not even know who is watching you and listening to you. According to a report of Bhaskar, such incidents have been reported only in India where a coupled video was hacked by hacking Smart TV and blackmailing was done in the second case.
On the day you hear the news that malware apps were found in the Google Play Store so that users of mobile phones were hacked. Similarly, in the app store for smart TVs, malware can also be installed and users can easily come in their hoax.
Companies understand your watch history through Smart TV and accordingly give content and advertising, this is not new. A few years ago, in 2013, during the Black Hat conference, several smart TV models were demonstrated for hacking. During this time it was shown that hackers can take Smart TV's social app in their control. Not only this, files can be accessed and modifed by them.
Save Smart TVs from Hacking
Every problem is solved, it also has. There is no need to worry, because technology is wise to use safe.
Follow These Steps-
— If your Smart TV has an inbuilt camera, then disable it from the settings or put a black tape on the camera and keep it covered.
Go to settings and turn off the olive-off option of the microphone.
— Do not ignore the updates given by the company and keep updating on time.
— Do not install smart apps in your Smart TV, especially those you do not know about.
— Turn on Smart Security by going to the Accessibility section of Samsung's Smart TV system settings.
— Do not use third-party remote apps, use the remote given by the company.
— Do not connect smart TV to any open WiFi. Use Secure Connection.
— If your work is going on from traditional television and you are happy with it, then you can Avoid Smart TV.
