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Your TV Is Spying On You (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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You sit down to relax, put on your favorite show, and settle in for a night of binge-watching. But while you’re watching your TV… your TV is watching you.

Smart TVs take constant snapshots of everything you watch. Sometimes hundreds of snapshots a second.

Welcome to the future of "entertainment."

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[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What 4K TV can I buy that doesn’t do this guys help? Or should I stick to monitors???

[–] Steve@communick.news 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Look for Signage Displays. They're basically TVs with different software.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

Never heard of those before. Thanks

[–] pool_spray_098@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I mean... Just don't hook the TV up to the internet. Don't join your WiFi network on the TV.

Kind of a simple solution.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Doesn't work anymore. They do dark mesh networks.

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No it’s not! I had a goddamn Sony tv and it wouldn’t let me change certain settings unless I connected it to the internet! They try to force your hand!

[–] kipo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Do you remember the model number? I would like to research this.

[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

What about connecting to a mobile/theter and change password after you adjusted your settings? 🤷‍♂️

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Until the cost of a sim card w/service is less than the revenue they generate from it. Which I fear is scarily close.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You can't activate the warranty without it. Then once it knows it can go online it will constantly harass you.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"You can’t activate the warranty without it" That's illegal in most of the world

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Calm down, it's a TV.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

We'll see how calm you are when your TV goes live on sky net and kills you in your sleep

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sceptre still makes TVs that are just that, no underlying smart OS

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I got xiaomi, opened it up and disconnected the Bluetooth / wifi card. Connect it to a linux device and now it is a shitter version of a dumb tv. It's crazy how smart tvs really really suck at being dumb. But it does work once you get used to some annoying quirks.

Tip: connect a cheap air mouse/keyboard to it as a remote

[–] FG_3479@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago

You can buy any TV. Just turn off the tracking in the settings and plug in a streaming stick.