So I was looking through WikiLeaks the other day, as one does, right?

And I came across something that I found rather fascinating.

There's a thing that the CIA developed called Weeping Angel.

So if you have a Samsung Smart TV, there's a really odd feature in it. It's called

fake off and when the TV is on you can push mute 182 then power and the TV appears to turn off, but it doesn't.

Now these smart TVs often have a microphone built in, so you can give them voice commands.

And when the TV is off, the mic isn't listening.

But when the TV is off, the mic isn't listening.

But when the TV is in fake off, the mic is still active.

So what the CIA did was they develop some kind of spyware

for the Samsung Smart TV TV where it would record the

audio from the mic and store it on the TV. 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.

It's wild what spy gear is developed by the federal authorities, isn't it? it.

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