greenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1320file-text
arrow-up1320external-linkI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comgreenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 days agoAutomatically joining open networks is a feature built into many devices, this is simply alleging that some TVs come with it enabled by default… Also, that is a real feature that some advertising company’s offer to their clients: https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/ Sounds like you owe some of your family members an apology.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI have never had a device join an open network by itself.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoAnd of the several hundred, or thousands, of smart TV models available, how many have you owned? Of the tens of thousands of IoT devices available, how many have you owned? Just trying to figure out the sample size that you based your statement on.
Automatically joining open networks is a feature built into many devices, this is simply alleging that some TVs come with it enabled by default…
Also, that is a real feature that some advertising company’s offer to their clients:
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/
Sounds like you owe some of your family members an apology.
I have never had a device join an open network by itself.
And of the several hundred, or thousands, of smart TV models available, how many have you owned?
Of the tens of thousands of IoT devices available, how many have you owned?
Just trying to figure out the sample size that you based your statement on.