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All smart TVs—from LG, Samsung, TCL, and other brands—collect personal data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit surveillance. (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The link has a ton of information.

Now, It is obvious that putting it completely offline is more safe. But, some people often use the TV's to watch Netflix or something like that. Then they might forget that it is still connected to the internet when they are done watching.

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.

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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (5 children)

Not done, they have shown to jump on unsecured networks to phone home. That coulr be a neighbour or a guests hotspot.

Edit: I was correctly asked to source this and couldnt, it was a few reddit posts without back up. I should have checked before posting

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

Who has shown it? Never seen anyinebprove that.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Where's your proof? I have never heard of this happening. Anyway, my Wi-Fi shows that there are no insecure networks around me.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they have shown to jump on unsecured networks to phone home.

Source?

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Not the person that commented, but this fear does stem from a real thing years ago related to, I believe, Amazon Fire TVs that were using some sort of mesh functionality to get data out. It was not wide spread, and now I can't find any links about it, but I did at the time when I was worried about it and I was trying to find more information. If I am not mistaken, this was a feature that Amazon actually patented, so I don't think it would have become common anyway. I know that without a good link this is just heresay, and that's fine to leave it that way since I don't think it is still happening anyway. If anyone else can manage to find a link, please share it hear as it is interesting and can show that it isn't likely a major concern.

[–] upandatom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Got any sources for this? This seems unlikely to be true at any scale

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Welk then at least they're monitoring the neighbors, not you, and if you still have an unsecured hotspot in 2026 you're just asking for trouble