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When I access my Vu Android TV through the

Home app, and check the linked accounts, it basically lists what I imagine is every single person who owns this television. This is shocking incompetence.

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6:11 AM · Mar 3, 2019

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Oh my god. Private

of strangers are being shown to me in the ambient mode screensaver. SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK?!

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Nik

@nikster007

Mar 4, 2019

Do u know any of those people

prashanth

@wothadei

Mar 4, 2019

No. I'm pretty sure it's a list of Google accounts that have logged in to Vu TVs. I saw the name of my friend and my wife in there, the two people I know who have accessed the TV from the Google Home app.

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Mustafa Ali

@mustafa01ali

Mar 3, 2019

Have you reported this via their bug bounty program?

prashanth

@wothadei

Mar 6, 2019

I tried to but the options kept leading to dead ends and never matched my case. I have reported it through the Google Home app too, although I'm not sure if that counts.

Ridiculous!

This is not a Vu TV only issue. Have noticed the same in iFFalcon android TV via Google Home app.

You think there is a citizen of an EU member state in that list? In that case, google would probably have to report this incident to the data protection authorities within 72 hours under article 33 of the EU GDPR.

Manish R. Jain

@mrjain

Mar 4, 2019

It's a feature with a built in social network. 😂