Why Your Smart TV Might Be Watching You

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 14, 2017

With the latest news that WikiLeaks has released documents containing CIA hacking secrets, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, a staff writer at VICE Motherboard, and Lily Hay Newman, security reporter at WIRED, discuss everyday hacking -- from home electronics like Smart TVs, to medical devices like pacemakers. They also discuss our vulnerability to hacking as more and more devices become internet-connected.

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