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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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[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Don’t forget that if you connect external devices to them, they’re also taking snapshots of the content “so they can serve targeted ads”.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

To dumb your TV, just don't connect it to the internet. Get a SFF pc or something and use that to watch your series/movies. My TV functions as a monitor.

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