"And now it is in the hands of some unknown hacker organisation or nation state." We've learned the CIA has all the tools to spy on American citizens," said John McAfee, the antivirus pioneer who is now chief executive officer of MGT Capital Investments. "This is the most troubling WikiLeaks ever. Other documents seemed to show it had explored infecting vehicle control systems used by connected cars.
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The CIA's engineering development group had a "to do" list for the smart TV that included the ability to record video and break into its browser and apps. John Hurt in the screen adaption of George Orwell's "1984". Market research group Gartner forecasts there will be more than 20bn appliances, TVs and other devices connected to the internet by 2020. In what WikiLeaks describes as the first instalment of the "largest intelligence publication in history", the CIA appears eager to exploit the new spying opportunities created by the internet of things - everyday objects that are connected to the web. Developers used vulnerabilities in Samsung TVs to ensure the products would capture conversations even when they appeared to be switched off. You may be watching YouTube or Netflix, not forced military propaganda, but spies are still able to listen into your living room.
When George Orwell envisioned the "telescreen" - the TV that keeps constant tabs on its viewers - in 1984, he predicted that governments would use technology to cross the threshold into our private lives.Ĭonfidential documents published by WikiLeaks last week purport to show that the Central Intelligence Agency created its own 21st century telescreen by hacking into smart TVs.
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