In 2015 privacy advocates discovered that the corporation’s smart TVs were actually too smart, recording everything said in the vicinity of the TV—please pass the salt; we’re out of laundry detergent; I’m pregnant; let’s buy a new car; we’re going to the movies now; I have a rare disease; she wants a divorce; he needs a new lunch box; do you love me?—and sending all that talk to be transcribed by another market leader in voice-recognition systems, Nuance Communications.
