Corporate Entity

Samsung

B Some concerns
🇰🇷 South Korea · 12 products investigated · 2 structural risks
12
Products
117
Contradictions
27
Critical
50
Sources
Structural risks

These risks apply to every Samsung product. They are legal obligations and corporate practices that individual products cannot override. A subsidiary cannot opt out of an FTC consent decree. A company cannot selectively ignore its home country's intelligence law for one product. These risks set a grade floor of B — no Samsung product can score better than this, regardless of its own privacy settings.

high Smart TV voice recording scandal 2015-02-08
Samsung's own privacy policy warned users not to discuss personal information near their Smart TVs because voice data was being transmitted to third parties. Samsung TVs with ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) track everything you watch.
medium Korean National Intelligence Service Act 1999-01-01
South Korean companies are subject to the National Intelligence Service Act, which allows intelligence agencies to collect communications data. Samsung must comply with Korean government data requests.
Products (12)
F: 2D: 5C: 3B: 2
F
Samsung Bespoke AI Fridge
Appliances · 10 contradictions
Fail
F
Galaxy Ring
Wearables · 10 contradictions
Fail
D
OneUI (Android Skin)
Operating System · 12 contradictions
Serious concerns
D
Galaxy Buds3 Pro
Wearables · 11 contradictions
Serious concerns
D
Samsung Galaxy S24
Smartphones · 10 contradictions
Serious concerns
D
Galaxy SmartTag 2
Trackers · 10 contradictions
Serious concerns
D
Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
Wearables · 10 contradictions
Serious concerns
C
Crystal UHD DU7200 (2024)
Smart TVs · 13 contradictions
Notable issues
C
SmartThings Hub v3 (STH-ETH-300)
Smart Home · 11 contradictions
Notable issues
C
Family Hub RF28R7551SR
Appliances · 10 contradictions
Notable issues
B
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9
Tablets · 8 contradictions
Some concerns
B
Samsung Health
Health Devices · 2 contradictions
Some concerns
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