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All smart TVs—from LG, Samsung, TCL, and other brands—collect personal data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit surveillance. (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The link has a ton of information.

Now, It is obvious that putting it completely offline is more safe. But, some people often use the TV's to watch Netflix or something like that. Then they might forget that it is still connected to the internet when they are done watching.

Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.

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[–] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Also the apps on the store have some how even less privacy protections thenyoue phone.

Half the apps let your TV act as a proxy for botnets. They need residential IPs otherwise sites won't let them in to scrape all the data illegally, or use bots to wrote fake comments or inflate views.

Sucks you can't just get a normal TV anywhere they all have to come with android and are sold at a loss because companies like Netflix pay to get their spyware perm installed into the TV. Literally if you want to buy a decently sized television (not a monitor under 26 inches) you pretty much have to buy a commercial TV that they use in drive throughs,and they cost like 5-10 grand because theres no spyware in it.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I got a Scepter 55" dumb TV for like, 600$ in Nov. 2024

I figured between tarrifs and the orange, shit was gonna get more expensive and less private

[–] FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

Make sure not to ruin a good thing and throw a roku stick on it.