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Posted by tortilla 7 days ago

Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch(www.theverge.com)
1259 points | 641 commentspage 5
he0001 4 days ago|
Isn’t this a thing for all providers? YouTube definitely spies on what you look at and Netflix knows as well. Or is this just because a TV actually doesn’t provide the content, just the view? And is there’s a difference if you have a streaming device like Roku?
lingrush4 4 days ago|
Content providers knowing when I watch their content is not concerning to me. They're on the other side of a transaction with me; they have as much a right to store the details of the transaction as I do. Even Blockbuster had that information.

What's concerning is when third parties start snooping on transactions that they are not involved in.

realo 4 days ago||
Hello Texas!

What about cars? Tesla, in particular does record an awful lot of personal data about you...

wileydragonfly 4 days ago||
“How many times is he gonna watch that Kathy Ireland swimsuit special for 2-3 minutes?”

“X + 1”

I hope they’re enjoying the video footage.

wtcactus 4 days ago||
Sincerely, for anyone technical competent, I don't even see the reason to connect your TV to the internet (or even the local network).

I do have a smart TV, but I have no use for it since my NVIDIA Shield does all the lifting.

A good enough android TV dongle will cost €30. So...

cma 5 days ago||
Wiretapping laws should apply; you could have an HDMI capture card hooked up to camera with mic etc.
queuebert 4 days ago||
The sheer amount of compute spent on advertising on this planet boggles my mind.
padjo 4 days ago|
Also all the smart people spending a career trying to get other people to buy things that they don’t want or need l, the relentless consumption of which degrades the very environment which supports us. It’d be funny if you didn’t have to play the game too.
tonyplee 5 days ago||
Any good options for wifi/wire gateway (opensource) that can filter and block spying?
a456463 3 days ago|
https://pi-hole.net/
emsign 4 days ago||
Thanks, Texas.
8bitsrule 4 days ago||
I remember a time when the word "smart" referred to a high level of intelligence. Rather than a marketing ploy aimed at the innocent.
stevetron 4 days ago|
Maybe I'm a little slow, but assuming that everything I watch on TV is copyrighted content, wouldn't that make every screen-grab a DRM violation?
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