Roku devices and Samsung smart TVs have easy-to-exploit security vulnerabilities, according to testing carried out by Consumer Reports.
“We found that a relatively unsophisticated hacker could change channels, play offensive content, or crank up the volume,” the magazine says. “This could be done over the web, from thousands of miles away.”
Consumer Reports points out that suddenly having channels change could be confusing or even frightening to someone who was unaware of why it was happening.
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