Two U.S. senators call for an investigation into Smart TV industry

The New York Times

In a letter to the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Senators Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said they were concerned about “consumer privacy issues raised by the proliferation of smart-TV technology." The senators were responding to recent reports on Samba TV, which monitors everything you watch, second by second, on some Smart TV brands. “Regrettably,” the senators wrote, “smart-TV users may not be aware of the extent to which their televisions are collecting sensitive information about their viewing habits.” The letter went on to argue that Samba TV “does not provide sufficient information about its privacy practices to ensure users can make truly informed decisions.”