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.

  • blackbeans@lemmy.zip
    5·
    4 hours ago

    There are several dumb tvs, such as the Samsung BEFX-H series and the LG UN640S. Yes, they are more expensive for the same specs, because they don’t make money with ads and paid services.

    • Synapse@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 hours ago

      These are exactly the kind I was looking at and couldn’t find anywhere to buy as a private consumer, apart from some suspicious eBay listings.