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Smart TVs Are Watching You | Feisty Duck (www.feistyduck.com)

submitted 1 month ago by nickb333@fedia.io to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The researchers have discovered that automatic content recognition (ACR) tracking is active most of the time, even when TVs are used as “dumb” HDMI devices. In other words, the TV manufacturers are monitoring your private moments as well. There’s apparently no monitoring of streaming content in the UK, but there is in the US.

The only good news is that these TVs can seemingly be configured to disable ACR, provided the owners know this activity is taking place and are able to find the right settings. (I recently looked at the configuration of our TVs again, and understanding the various settings was far from easy.)

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[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If it is a Samsung tv, they have been automatically connecting to any open wifi, maybe your neighbor has one. And there goes the data.

Avoid Samsung.

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ha, the nearest house to mine is a quarter mile away, good luck Samsung.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where is the info about this?

[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A random hacker news comment. I'm in EU, where this kind of tracking is not legal, so I cannot validate...

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

I can't find anything about it. Claim seems sus tbh

[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does it apply to Samsung PC monitors as well? Any way to check?

[–] dai@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You have wifi / ethernet in your PC monitor?

[–] felsiq@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Samsung in particular has “smart” monitors, so for some of them the answer is unironically yes

[–] dai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Dear god, I do vaguely remember their launch (not my portfolio while working in PC component procurement) but had completely pushed that from my head.

Looks like LG have the same thing going on too, what a waste of silicon.

[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

After investigation, it turned out that it only has ethernet adapter (that's not in use), but no Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Also, as a sidenote, if Max Power Saving is on, ethernet adapter is disabled.

We're talking about this monitor, bought 2 years ago: Samsung S34A650UXU - S65UA Series - LED monitor - curved - 34", LS34A650UXUXEN

[–] Fijxu@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Sort of alarming how many upvotes this has without anybody providing any reference at all. We have enough privacy problems to worry about without people posting unsubstantiated claims :/