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Is your TV spying on you? It sounds like science fiction but many new TVs can watch you - telling advertisers your favourite shows or even filming you

By DailyMail | 12yrs ago

Adapted from DailyMail

You are sitting in bed in your pyjamas, drinking a cup of cocoa. A loved one lies next to you, watching late-night television. Pillow talk is exchanged. An alarm clock is set. Eventually the lights are turned out.

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