Now Samsung SmartTVs are interrupting users' videos by inserting random ads — businessinsider.com

SamsungWill a random Pepsi ad pop up when he clicks to watch that movie? First came the reports that Samsung's SmartTVs were listening into everything you say in your living room. Now Samsung is dealing with a new headache: Gigaom reports that Samsung SmartTVs are interrupting users' own video content by inserting ads without their permission. Over the past few days, a number of Samsung SmartTV owners have been reporting the issue on Reddit and user forums. One of the reasons the ads appearing is so surprising is that many Samsung SmartTV owners were using apps and services that allow them to stream locally-stored content from their computer or a storage drive to their TV, Gigaom says. That could be potentially be anything from a movie download to the family vacation video — which they definitely wouldn't have agreed to selling ads against.

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