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The issue appears to be affecting Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 8 users.

A recent report says Samsung’s Internet-connected Smart TV might be listening in on your conversations and transmitting them to a third party via a voice control feature meant to change channels, adjust volume, browse apps and more.

Shane Harris of The Daily Beast noticed last week that the Smart TV’s privacy policy includes the following clause: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.”

The company confirmed to The Huffington Post that the feature does send voice control requests to a third party, which then searches for results and returns them to the user’s device. Samsung doesn’t store or sell the voice data, she said.

You may be loving your new Internet-connected television and its convenient voice-command feature—but did you know it’s recording everything you say and sending it to a third party?

Left: Samsung SmartTV privacy policy, warning users not to discuss personal info in front of their TV Right: 1984

Samsung has confirmed that its "smart TV" sets are listening to customers' every word, and the company is warning customers not to speak about personal information while near the TV sets.