Hi, I'm Bill Sikkens, host of User

Friendly 2.0 Saturdays

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here on the answer

with this week's Tech Wednesday.

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We talk about it

and there's even a song about it.

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Is somebody Watching you?

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And this is something in this day and age

where personal security has changed

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quite a bit

with the onset of the internet,

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where we are now, that this may be

something that will surprise you,

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where you don't have privacy

and before you once did.

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Smart speakers have been accused

of collecting information.

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While that's possible,

there's another device in your house

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that really takes the cake on that,

and that could be your smart television.

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In fact, in the state of Texas,

a lawsuit has been filed

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against several smart TV manufacturers

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because they're being accused

of taking people's private information.

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In other words,

what you watch and that type of a thing

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sitting in the back to themselves

or selling it and not disclosing this

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to the general public or their buyers

in a way that is meaningful.

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This week on User Friendly 2.0,

we're going to talk about this

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and look at what devices

might be spying on you.