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Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50166453

Most "Smart" TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), essentially taking snapshots every 10+ms of what you watch and hear, then forwarding & selling that data to companies for ads, etc. I now feel it's only a matter of time before this "feature" finds its way to our ever "smarter" PC monitors.

LG with the help of Windows is already installing adware when the right Device ID is detected.

☑️ To disable ACR on TV: https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-disable-acr-tv/

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wait until you here about the hidden mesh networks they create with other iot shit

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

It would be awesome if a website cropped up like "ifixit" but was "ibreakit" or something. And it had instructions to surgically physically disable stuff like this on all sorts of models. Like "make a marker on a dremel bit that is 1/2 an inch deep, measure 3 inches from this corner and 4 inches from that corner, make a dot. Drill your dremel into that dot to the 1/2inch marker on your dremel bit to break the traces to the wifi antenna"

Or something like that. It would clearly have to have very bright "if you break your shit we are not responsible" warnings.