Security researchers from Neseso are sounding the alarm on a vulnerability they’ve discovered in Samsung smart TVs that Samsung declined to fix. The security flaw affects Wi-Fi Direct, which enables devices to connect with each other without requiring a wireless access point. Samsung said it doesn’t view this feature as a security risk and declined to provide a firmware update, telling researchers they don’t view it as a “security threat”” Samsung TV users are notified on screen when a whitelisted device connects to the TV via the TV
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