329
I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting (www.pocket-lint.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Not OP, but I have heard that some smart TVs do automatically join open networks. Whether it's true or not, I can't say.

But if it is true, I would imagine it would vary between manufacturers and even specific device models.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 16 child comments
    •
  • [+] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
    [deleted]
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [+] -6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

    This sounds just like when my family member tell me that their phones are “listening to what they say” because they talk about something and then see an advertisement for it.

    No, you’re seeing the ad because you googled it and forgot that you did. Or someone else on the house did.

    Edit: Morons. If your phone listened to you for ads the battery would be dead in hours. More so than they do now.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 9 child comments
    •
  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    Automatically joining open networks is a feature built into many devices, this is simply alleging that some TVs come with it enabled by default..

    Also, that is a real feature that some advertising company's offer to their clients:

    https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/

    Sounds like you owe some of your family members an apology.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Pitch deck does not mean it’s in active use. Just like filing a patent doesn’t mean the company is going to implement the patented idea.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I have never had a device join an open network by itself.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    And of the several hundred, or thousands, of smart TV models available, how many have you owned?

    Of the tens of thousands of IoT devices available, how many have you owned?

    Just trying to figure out the sample size that you based your statement on.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    ...you're so far behind the times, it's comical. Yes, there are microphones around you transmitting the shit you say (or at least sentiment markers from it). Absolutely insane that there are people who don't believe this today.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    A couple of years back, my sister and I were talking of buying some seeds for my mom, who's an avid gardener. Neither of us had looked anything up. Next things we browsed on our phones, unrelated to the subject, we were served a bunch of gardening ads.

    Pretty damning evidence, if you ask me.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •