Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 09-12-2026

And this week, a large YouTuber channel announced they had proof that hackers could get into your LG smart TV and gain all of the conversations.

In the room.

And then this was extended to all smart TVs.

And then LG denied the claim that they had any kind of stuff like this.

The claims went flying everywhere that all of these manufacturers are listening to our every spoken word.

I think the biggest concern really is hackers, not the big manufacturers.

So let's leave off all of the manufacturer stuff.

I mean, it's there, but they simply don't have the bandwidth to leverage this kind of intrusion on our lives.

Even with AI becoming mainstream in all major corporations, the interest into whether you want macaroni or hot dogs for dinner isn't going to be leveraged anytime soon by the big TV manufacturers.

But destroying your big screens this weekend is not the route to go.

Don't overreact.

But also don't ignore the potential either.

I mean, this is the idea of the TV listening and on us has been around since George Orwell penned in 1984, believe it or not.

Now, Flock, speaking of intrusions in our lives, it's going to continue in the news as well as Axon.

That's another name you might not have heard of.

Flock is the easy one really to point to.

But there's a number of other automated license plate readers out there, APLR competitors, that this is all going to continue in the news as negative sentiment grows.

grows against these cameras all along our great roads.

Last week, a New Mexico man, after his local city cut ties with flock, he decided, oh, why not? Let me help them out.

And he went and he pulled up 10 of these and then turned them into his local sheriff's office.

Instead, the sheriffs found they only owned two of these, and local HOAs owned the rest of them.

So what did they do? Well, they arrested him on felony charges.

This also wasn't his first offense, so it's not a good approach for him or really for anyone.

And yet, a Wisconsin-based Navy veteran, after he legally recorded a traffic stop, Well, he found that he had cause to file a federal lawsuit against Waukesha County, again in Wisconsin, after the local sheriffs there tracked him over 100 times in the ensuing months using Flock.

Yes, the argument there is retaliation for legal activities, and that continues to underscore what is a really growing concern amongst a lot of people, that Flock and its competitors are unchecked tools for malicious-style activity.

And this week, a large YouTuber channel announced they had proof that hackers could get into your LG smart TV and gain all of the conversations.

In the room.

And then this was extended to all smart TVs.

And then LG denied the claim that they had any kind of stuff like this.

The claims went flying everywhere that all of these manufacturers are listening to our every spoken word.

I think the biggest concern really is hackers, not the big manufacturers.

So let's leave off all of the manufacturer stuff.

I mean, it's there, but they simply don't have the bandwidth to leverage this kind of intrusion on our lives.

Even with AI becoming mainstream in all major corporations, the interest into whether you want macaroni or hot dogs for dinner isn't going to be leveraged anytime soon by the big TV manufacturers.

But destroying your big screens this weekend is not the route to go.

Don't overreact.

But also don't ignore the potential either.

I mean, this is the idea of the TV listening and on us has been around since George Orwell penned in 1984, believe it or not.

Now, Flock, speaking of intrusions in our lives, it's going to continue in the news as well as Axon.

That's another name you might not have heard of.

Flock is the easy one really to point to.

But there's a number of other automated license plate readers out there, APLR competitors, that this is all going to continue in the news as negative sentiment grows.

grows against these cameras all along our great roads.

Last week, a New Mexico man, after his local city cut ties with flock, he decided, oh, why not? Let me help them out.

And he went and he pulled up 10 of these and then turned them into his local sheriff's office.

Instead, the sheriffs found they only owned two of these, and local HOAs owned the rest of them.

So what did they do? Well, they arrested him on felony charges.

This also wasn't his first offense, so it's not a good approach for him or really for anyone.

And yet, a Wisconsin-based Navy veteran, after he legally recorded a traffic stop, Well, he found that he had cause to file a federal lawsuit against Waukesha County, again in Wisconsin, after the local sheriffs there tracked him over 100 times in the ensuing months using Flock.

Yes, the argument there is retaliation for legal activities, and that continues to underscore what is a really growing concern amongst a lot of people, that Flock and its competitors are unchecked tools for malicious-style activity.