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Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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The Texas Attorney General sued five major television manufacturers, accusing them of illegally collecting their users' data by secretly recording what they watch using Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology.

The lawsuits target Sony, Samsung, LG, and China-based companies Hisense and TCL Technology Group Corporation. Attorney General Ken Paxton's office also highlighted "serious concerns" about the two Chinese companies being required to follow China's National Security Law, which could give the Chinese government access to U.S. consumers' data.

According to complaints filed this Monday in Texas state courts, the TV makers can allegedly use ACR technology to capture screenshots of television displays every 500 milliseconds, monitor the users' viewing activity in real time, and send this information back to the companies' servers without the users' knowledge or consent.

Exceedingly rare Texas W

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

"They can't spy on our people, only we can spy on our people!"

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck Paxton, except for right now for this specific thing, but everything else, fuck Paxton.