steve osunsami, abc news, montgomery, alabama. a uniquely modern problem here. samsung issuing a warning about its smart tv technology. the company is advising users of its voice activation feature to avoid discussing personal information in front of their tv sets. you see, that s because a smart tv feature is listening and may share any details it hears with samsung or a third party. and that s a little more than some users had bargained for. i feel a bit annoyed it wasn t made clear to me in advance of buying the tv or when i set up the tv. samsung says it does not retain voice data or sell it to third parties. the voice recognition feature can be disabled through the tv settings menu. that s really scary because my tv has heard a lot of things. i don t mind if it hears me just as long as is it doesn t see me. yeah. don t repeat what i ve told you. exactly. and if you were with us at this time yesterday morning you know we told you about beuf, the bulldog you may ha
saying eventually week able to get cooperation from all the different countries for the radar data. but he wouldn t say how many turns the aircraft had made. or if any altitude changes. the question there about whether or not the families of the first officer and the captain who have so far not been able to hear that voice data, been able to hear the conversation for the cockpit between the air traffic controllers which would help identify who was giving the last signoff there good night, malaysia 370. again saying investigation and that s why the families haven t been able to hear it yet. the families of the first officer and pilot. perhaps the information was coming from the ceo of malaysia airlines talk about the batteries in the pingers. the pingers attached to the black boxes. the concern that the batteries were due for change some time ago. he said, no, their scheduled maintenance was coming up in
reporter: discouraging news after the five planes went out and all coming back empty with no visual conformation of the objects. they scanned 9,000 miles and no pings from voice data. so there is no hard evidence the plane crashed here. it was based on the sole satellite signal. this is going to be the long haul. the focus has always been to find the plane and reduce the area of search and possible rescue. reporter: the planes will try again tomorrow.
informationful let s be clear, this individual was being investigated on a terrorist campaign, somebody that was quote-unquote a bad guy. they can leverage this. there are some simple ways people can protect themselves and the joke is, post it note, pick the color, put it over your web cam. you think, how many things have i done in front of my web cam when it s open. so the recommendation is, shut it off. shut the computer off when you re not using it. shut your phone off because even if you re covering up the web cam it collects voice data, and the reality is here beyonds government stuff, they re using this for investigations, frankly, i m okay with that but the real concern is for hackers. and you need to protect yourself against fishing techniques and they can dive into your computer and monitor what is going on around your household. one thing they they ve send you an e-mail, you heard of
have you been involved in any way in trying to pervert our youth in salem or anywhere else? i certainly hope not, sir. you re sure? yes, sir. all righty then. we told you it was bizarre. now for a first look at business we turn to courtney reagan. good morning, courtney. no questions like that for you. that was a little weird. i don t even understand what happened there. sold its holdings of short term treasury bonds ahead of next week s debt ceiling deadline. fidelity says while it expects congress to reach a deal to raise the debt limit, it s taking precautions to protect investors. t-mobile is getting rid of voice data in more than 100 countries. they won t have to worry about getting hit with roaming charges. burger king has found a way to get people to try its new lower fat satis-fries.