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Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching (themarkup.org)

submitted 11 months ago by btp@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mine connects through pihole with all LG domains blocked. I'm not getting any update request, notifications or anything. Just Netflix.

[–] venoft@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Obligatory pihole doesn't block anything if they use their own dns. You can probably force all port 53 traffic through pihole if you have a decent router though.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the reminder.

Blocking all DNS other than PiHole is a great thing to do.

Just setup mine a week ago. Already up to 28% blocked, and no ads on the smart TV (which makes it a little faster)

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

You can.

Source; I’ve done it. Don’t forget to redirect/block DNS over HTTPS as well. Usually port 853.