Remote spyware has been used for some time on both our phones and our cars. Leave your mobile at home but if someone wants to they can keep a log of everywhere your car goes and when. It's tied into the camera's at traffic lights and has facial recognition... we all are essentially under surveillance all the time.

Hiding microphones in our TV is something new. Not that they are going to be monitoring everyone (that would be impossible) but they can remotely turn on the microphone whenever they want, even when your TV is switched off and unplugged.

Are you talking about encryption?
Its doubtful they have been able to break encryption; they found ways to bypass it.

You are bang on right Arista. No connection whatsoever.
Will check those settings out later.

Even if a user turns off this feature, according to the wiki article, malware could turn it back on remotely.

In big cities maybe. I can't see this being true around here; given the fact that I have personally been told "nudge nudge wink wink don't tell anyone!" by the police that 80% of the actual obvious CCTV cameras and traffic speed cameras haven't worked for years.

No
I have seen a Colleague's 55" 4k Samsung
TV when turned on it stated
Mic Turned OFF (flashed on the screen)

Its turned on for Skype calls
from around the World.
Then Turned off again.

It's checked first by Robot automation
as there is alot of TV's / Computers etc
then , for example, If you keep saying
"that Syria Connection is good" or
"Bombing the White House is Good"
its picked up.
Then a Human goes through your Text.

Now NM
please understand that Madonna said
on a Public Rally in USA
that she dreams of "Bombing the White House",
so its a common saying etc.
It was used, again today.
on a GMBHD itv Live
Woman's Day Debate at 8:20AM
with Annie Lennox


Life In The Fast Lane

From the Report on Ch5HD News Live
just on TV
You Opt in for this Technology Kizzy
so that means your data will be watched.


Its not 1984 Orwell yet
as in the "Future Projection"
the Film now in 1080P BluRay with DTSHD Sound
John Hurt makes a diary - That is Illegal ,
he is now in danger

Millennial's actually think there is privacy left... what a hoot!!

Oh, and in case anyone thinks "ok, there are cameras everywhere, but how much worse could it get?" Well, Just ponder this: DARPA (if you don't know what it is google it)