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Your TV Is Spying On You (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
 

You sit down to relax, put on your favorite show, and settle in for a night of binge-watching. But while you’re watching your TV… your TV is watching you.

Smart TVs take constant snapshots of everything you watch. Sometimes hundreds of snapshots a second.

Welcome to the future of "entertainment."

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 37 points 1 week ago (9 children)

No, it's not. It has not connected to the internet.

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some TVs will sneakily connect to open APs to try and phone home. It is nasty but it does happen. You can only be worry free if you yank out the radio module. Some TVs make it easier than others (My LG TV made it as easy as opening the back of the TV and disconnecting, YMMV)

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

My TV isn't a "smart" tv.

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