How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features - Consumer Reports
www.consumerreports.org
TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every other big brand.

The link has a ton of information.

Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.

    • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      12 hours ago

      Yes they do! People for sure just have smart TV’s, and they have tons of apps when connected online. Load up Netflix and then they are done. Old people especially, do it all the time. That is all they use. That and probably just a phone. Shit, some still have landlines. They live alone and had somebody set it up for them.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        12 hours ago

        Are my comments just invisible to you? Plug in another device and use it to load up Netflix.

        • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.worldOP
          6·
          12 hours ago

          Plug in another device and use it to load up Netflix.

          You are the one not understanding that every person doesn’t think like you. Some just have a TV and a phone connected to Wi-Fi, that is it. I service houses for IT reasons, I know what I am talking about. I see it all the time.

          • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            11 hours ago

            I don’t understand what any of that has to do with anything? This has nothing to do with “the way I think”. If they don’t have one, they can get one, just like they can change their privacy settings?

            • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.worldOP
              2·
              11 hours ago

              Not all people just plug in a device for things like Netflix. They just use a TV to consume content. And you brought up the devices. That is all I was saying in our conversation.

              • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
                1·
                11 hours ago

                Not all people just plug in a device for things like Netflix

                I know they don’t. Not all people adjust their privacy settings to limit surveillance either. That’s the entire point. That’s the problem.

                • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
                  4·
                  11 hours ago

                  The reality is that most people can’t be bothered or do not have the resources to set up another device to stream content and just use their TV as a projection device. OP is sharing this for those people who still want to use the smart features on their TV but at the same time get back some of their privacy. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. OP is saying not everyone is like you who would choose to disconnect your TV completely and stream from your laptop instead.

                  • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.worldOP
                    3·
                    11 hours ago

                    Exactly. He still doesn’t understand, apparently, we are talking clearly and he isn’t getting it. It is like trying to talk to a flat earther or some shit.

                • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.worldOP
                  3·
                  11 hours ago

                  Holy shit, dude. This post was for the people that didn’t know that data was being sent back, and how to help reduce it. That is the whole point! Not everybody is going to keep their smart TV offline forever.