Don’t blink.
On Tuesday, WikiLeaks released thousands of documents that purportedly show how the CIA is able to spy on our phones, computers and other gadgets. CNET is unable to verify if the documents are real or have been altered, so we’re not jumping to conclusions. (Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.)
But clearly, the idea that your Samsung TV might be spying on you is one of the more startling claims. And yet it may not be that simple. If we’re reading the WikiLeaks documents correctly, there’s no proof that the CIA ever finished refining this tool.
Here’s what we do and don’t know about the so-called “Weeping Angel” hack.
Assuming the WikiLeaks documents are entirely legit, here’s what we know:
In June 2014, the CIA and UK’s MI5 held a joint workshop to improve the “Weeping Angel” hack, which appears to have specifically targeted Samsung’s F8000 series TVs released in 2013.
