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I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting (www.pocket-lint.com)

submitted 1 day ago by greenbelt@lemy.lol to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.

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[–] InterestedSkeptic@programming.dev 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Eh. Its an upfront decision that's pretty easy to figure out if a TV or something has it. A TV being an extreme case where you know for near certain it has it even. Its about as hard as looking for anything else you care about in a product in most anything else this might be a concern with - I can quickly see if a TV is a smart TV or not.

Disclaimer: I am aware that the TV market specifically is kiiinda weird with their dedicated TV remote button deals that let them sell TV units at a loss (to then be remade by these deals). I still feel this is not much harder a way to live life... I mean, what, I'm gonna spend an extra 20 minutes looking for a TV?

[–] uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

You have a different tv market but I don't think it's even possible to buy a dumb tv from a store anymore. I was able to get one pre-covid, I haven't been able to find one since then.