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Report: Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ Security Flaw in TCL Smart TVs – PCMag AU
Security researchers find worrying issues affecting versions of TCL smart TVs running Android operating systems. The problem does not affect Roku-based TCL TVs.
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Android-based TCL smart TVs have a security problem, according to two security researchers.
A three-month investigation from security researcher “Sick Codes” and Shutterstock application security engineer John Jackson discovered that it’s possible to access a TCL smart TV file system over Wi-Fi via an undocumented TCP/IP port, and then collect, delete, or overwrite files without the need for any sort of password or security clearance. The problem does not affect Roku-based TCL TVs.
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