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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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[–] ares35@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

on our vizio, from the settings side panel: all settings->admin/privacy->viewing data. turn it off.

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[–] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

VLANed off with no internet. Can only see my Plex server. No other access

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[–] nick@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

That’s why i don’t connect mine to the internet and I black hole suspicious traffic

[–] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could always use a large monitor but the problem with that would be affordablity.

[–] ILurkAndIKnowThings@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

A TV that is not connected to the internet is effectively just a large monitor.

I understand that some TVs lock functionality and coerce you into connecting it to the network, but most of them function well as monitors. I know it's tempting to make use of the "smart" features since it's included, but if you care about privacy, it's better to keep it off the internet.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's cool. I just use my shield

[–] fuster93@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you read the article? It captures screenshots, doesn't matter if you use a Shield, console or whatever.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes.I read it. And no I dont hook my TV to the Internet . It's even blocked at the router level

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