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Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching (themarkup.org)

submitted 11 months ago by btp@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure my Android TV powered by Google™ knows more than what I'm watching. It could probably give me therapy if I threw a LLM on there.

Good to know I'm not paranoid enough tho.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep.

I got a Fire Stick early on, ditched it after a year.

Have a Samsung smart TV now, working to stop using the smart part and run more self hosted, and isolate apps like Netflix and Amazon.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Worst part about this is I have an OLED, if I use a different device for features I risk burn. Netflix on the tv will show a screensaver and go black after 2 minutes. Pressing pause on Netflix on the ps5 or appletv means you get a static screen until you return.

I wish we could get what we pay for and not be products ourselves.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 points 11 months ago

You could always turn the screen off