Doesn't mention what circumstances it's tracking your watching habits. If you're watching an obscure movie on DVD, is it still looking at frames? Does it have to be through a streaming service being run on the TV? Does it recognize content being run on modern game consoles? Not a very informative article.
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on our vizio, from the settings side panel: all settings->admin/privacy->viewing data. turn it off.
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SmartTV: This customer loves watching Balance of Nature ads
Me: fuck balance of nature I fucking hate those stupid scammy ads!
My TV must be very disappointed in me
That’s why i don’t connect mine to the internet and I black hole suspicious traffic
Mine doesn't
care to share?
Most likely offline or firewalled to Hades.
fair.
genuine question: is it still considered 'smart' if its fully offline? what can it do that a 'normal' tv cant? can it connect to a local media server or something?
Play media from USB or local Plex yes.
Display IP cameras
Really expensive alarm clock
Is an airplane still an airplane if it never flies?
VLANed off with no internet. Can only see my Plex server. No other access
You could always use a large monitor but the problem with that would be affordablity.
A TV that is not connected to the internet is effectively just a large monitor.
I understand that some TVs lock functionality and coerce you into connecting it to the network, but most of them function well as monitors. I know it's tempting to make use of the "smart" features since it's included, but if you care about privacy, it's better to keep it off the internet.