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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] ArcticPrincess@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Knowing the distribution of what entire households watch is very useful. It's not about spying on you personally.

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[–] null@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago

And what other devices are on the network, and what they're chattering about

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[–] reggu@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

..seems rather personal to me.

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[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

It is also about spying on you personally, to build targeted advertising profiles.

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