Samsung tweet suggests scanning your smart TV for malware every few weeks

At a time when most people neglect to scan their laptops and cellphones, asking customers to scan their TVs every few weeks seems like a stretch. It’s a bit troublesome to think our smart TVs might be so vulnerable they need such frequent updates and that Samsung would place that responsibility on users, rather than running automatic scans.

As Gizmodo points out, the warning seems specific to the QLED lineup. It’s unclear if the tweet was written in response to a specific threat or virus, though. This isn’t the first time Samsung has invoked fear over its smart TVs. In 2015, customers panicked over the phrasing of the company’s smart TV privacy policy, which made it sound like the TVs could eavesdrop on users. Samsung denied the possibility, but hackers have exploited smart TVs and other smart home gadgets. As we fill our homes with more connected devices, we have to accept that they each come with vulnerabilities, and we may be forced to run…