Samsung TV Privacy Horror & Hardware Wallet Data Breach
A researcher rooted a 2025 Samsung TV and found extensive surveillance including an always-on mic and data shared with 400 partners. Separately, Keystone Wallet leaked customer data from 2024 despite claiming 180-day deletion policies.
What we know
An account on X amplified another account on X's zero-day root shell on a new Samsung TV, exposing automatic content recognition, geolocation, network mapping, ad targeting, and user profiling shared with Samsung's '400 partners' — despite AES-encrypted firmware. A full write-up is coming. Meanwhile, another account on X publicly confronted another account on X after a 2024 order's shipping data was leaked, directly contradicting Keystone's advertised 180-day data deletion guarantee.
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