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Offmode that can listen to conversations and relay those conversations back into u.s. spies, according to wikileaks. wikileaks also suggests the cia was even studying technology that would allow them to take control of a car by hacking its systems. the document mentions products by apple, google, samsung may have been hacked. its no secret operating systems have shown vulnerabilities and manufacturers regularly offer fixes. the most notable hacking in a terrorism case came when the fbi paid a pr...

Taken up by that. but there probably were. same thing with what we are doing with our allies. i presume they were sharing some of these vulnerabilities with our allies on legitimate operations. the problem with this leak, because wikileaks is not -- this will enable our enemies to exploit vulnerabilities against the suspect. those countries are going to have known about these, im sure they have their own programs. other countries that dont have as much of a robust operation or even just the hack...

Because that software update often has those security patches. more important we must live in a world we acknowledge some of these services we want are going to be shipped. and the messages to tech companies, deliver them more securely. >> aneesh, what is the -- what do people do at this point in the sense of, you know that your stuff is potent yelly at risk. >> yeah. >> do you just accept it? >> well, we are living in a world where accepting is not good enough. we want to make sure the people a...

Thisser u. its interesting, some say it does too much, and some say it does too little. >> i want to talk about the wikileaks dump of documents, claims coming from the cias hacking arsenal if you will, nbc news not authenticated the documents. the cia not commenting on the documents but they include techniques to hack into common devices like phones and televisions, computers as well. back in 2010 the obama administration promised to work with tech companies like apple, like google to disclose v...

Information is, for the most part, real. but theres problems about how you would get that if you were an individual. so, we cant tell, but i think its either an individual or the russian government. >> reporter: officials say documents detail hacking programs that have been used as well as some being developed to collect intelligence overseas. one allegation, the cia can hack into smart tvs, placing televisions into a fake off-mode that can listen to conversations and relay those conversations b...

Stayed. welcome to you both, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> shannon: the cia will not comment on the authenticity of these documents, whether they are legit or not, but, mark, that sounds terrifying to the average american, when you think they could be watching me through my smart tv even when it is turned off. >> that is true. i think for the average american, they probably are concerned. for those of us that worked in this arena, the tech arena, legal arena, intelligence, not anything that knew q...

Some issues that will have to be taken up by that. but there probably were. same thing with what we are doing with our allies. i presume they were sharing some of these vulnerabilities with our allies on legitimate operations. the problem with this leak, because wikileaks is not -- this will enable our enemies to exploit vulnerabilities against the suspect. those countries are going to have known about these, im sure they have their own programs. other countries that dont have as much of a robus...

Year by a lot of democrats when it came to leaks, were not hearing as much outrage now. >> among revelations that apples iphone was the target of programs that exploit previously unknown weaknesses, allowing the ca to capture audio and video recordings as well as extract user data and contacts. apple said in the statement "while our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues today or patched in the latest ios, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities." form...

Or samsung or other kind of a phone so they could gather intelligence from people abroad. didnt tell companies that you have a problem with your operating system or hardware. >> shannon: mark, karl points out that maybe our enemies could find of the message we are using to gather intel on them. what about our allies? do you think they are going to be worried or have concerns that they are going to want to race to the u.s. government over these disclosures? >> some of the documents indicated that...

Stayed. welcome to you both, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> shannon: the cia will not comment on the authenticity of these documents, whether they are legit or not, but, mark, that sounds terrifying to the average american, when you think they could be watching me through my smart tv even when it is turned off. >> that is true. i think for the average american, they probably are concerned. for those of us that worked in this arena, the tech arena, legal arena, intelligence, not anything that knew q...