[ofslidingfeet]

We already know for a fact that they can surveil virtually all smart devices including appliances and televisions due to the Vault 7 leaks, and this would tend to be corroborated by the national geospatial intelligence agency telling congress that they have a high resolution 3d map of the entire globe's events at any given time.

[aftbit]

Here is a link to Vault 7 on WikiLeaks: https://wikileaks.org/vault7/

Here's a link to Wikipedia's article on the leaks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7

The only one that mentions televisions is Weeping Angel (cool name) which attacks Samsung F Series Smart Televisions. Likely they can indeed target other devices but I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying that Vault 7 shows that they can target "virtually all smart devices".

Or am I missing something? Can anyone provide more concrete evidence?

[ofslidingfeet]

I probably just got confused, but thank you for linking to the information about Vault 7 directly so that anyone can simply appraise for themselves whether or not I seem confused.

That's what I love about HN and Reddit, and similar websites: All the helpful counterpoint, especially when someone criticizes the intelligence community. Thank you so much!