Jack Recider

So I imagine a scenario is that a CIA agent would want to plant a listening device in someone's bedroom and goes in, but then sees, oh, they've got a Samsung smart TV, which is already a listening device. No need to leave behind a bug that might get discovered. Let's just live off the land, as they say.

So I imagine a scenario is that a CIA agent would want to plant a listening device in someone's bedroom and goes in, but then sees, oh, they've got a Samsung smart TV, which is already a listening device. No need to leave behind a bug that might get discovered. Let's just live off the land, as they say.

So the CIA agent uploads the spyware onto the TV and then puts the TV in fake off mode and leaves. And the TV sits there recording all the audio in the room, but appears to be off. And then the CIA agent can remotely connect back to the TV and get the audio files or come back into the room later and retrieve them off the TV.

So the CIA agent uploads the spyware onto the TV and then puts the TV in fake off mode and leaves. And the TV sits there recording all the audio in the room, but appears to be off. And then the CIA agent can remotely connect back to the TV and get the audio files or come back into the room later and retrieve them off the TV.

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It's wild what spy gear is developed by the federal authorities, isn't it? These are true stories from the dark side of the Internet. I'm Jack Recider. This is Darknet Diaries. Support for this episode comes from Delete Me. Feels like a war out there. Companies all over trying to scrape and store all kinds of personal data about me.

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