I don't know about you, but when I sit down in my favorite chair to watch TV, the last thing I want to think about is the TV spying on me.

While it might not be actually taking pictures of me and my sweats without my hair or makeup done, there are actually TVs out there that spy on you.

And I'm not talking about the CIA. I'm talking about the TV's manufacturers. How they do it is actually

quite clever. These smart TVs are so smart that they have ways to track what you like to watch

how long you have the television on, the commercials you stay tuned to and don't skip

forward on, and a whole bunch more. Then these TVs send all your data, your habits,

your likes, and your dislikes to servers located who knows where. They're called smart TVs.

What makes them smart is basically one thing. These TVs hook up to the internet. Like your phone and your

tablet, smart TVs let you add apps that give you access to video streaming sites like

Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube, without adding an external device like Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, or TiVo.

And did you know that you can use your smart TV to get regular weather reports? You can

streamline videos and even browse the web and use Facebook. A lot of people don't realize that.

Smart TVs are smart in other ways. Everything that's stored on your PC is accessible through

your smart TV. Sure, your photos can be streamed to your television,

and when you're having a party, that's a lot of fun. But this could also mean that you're also

sharing personal information, such as your usernames, your passwords, credit card details,

unknowingly for anyone to see. And this makes you vulnerable to ID theft.

And if that's not enough to keep you up at night, there are large television manufacturers,

such as Vizio, who are said to sell your personal data to make a quick buck off of you.

Meet privacy expert, Pam Dixon.

Basically, it was looking at and recording every, literally every second of every television or video or any kind of anything that was coming over that television. And it was connecting

it to your home profile. I'm Kim Commando, host of the nation's largest radio show about

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