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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by hueving on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:33PM (#13586480)
>here is a particular major AV vendor who is selling raw clickstream data of millions of their user's internet usage directly to marketers and other parties right now. As far as I can tell, as long as it is buried somewhere in the terms and conditions no one cares.

ugh. Name them please! If it's in the ToS they shouldn't mind being called out.

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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by moonfern on Monday February 06, 2017 @11:13PM (#13586948)
Avast, source https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13079569 AJ007

Here are the terms, it's in section 8.Privacy, processing of personal information. https://www.avast.com/eula-avast-free-products

However "AVAST may publish or share such information with third parties that are not part of the AVAST Group but will only ever do so after removing personally identifiable information."

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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by chinathrow on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:47AM (#13587828)
Also: https://www.pehub.com/2015/05/avast-leads-22-mln-round-for-j...

"Jumpshot also captures https clickstream data to reveal in-depth buying and social behavior above and beyond simple browsing."

Capturing https clickstream data is only possible when you MITM the user - see Avast.

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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by codedokode on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @07:23AM (#13588866)
They could make a deal with browser extension developers to bundle a surveillance module. That is why I never install any browser extensions.
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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by chinathrow on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @08:27AM (#13589155)
They could for sure - others already did that and bought well running extensions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vjj51/i_am_one_of_th...

At least, not all extension developers gave in to $$$.

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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by tripzilch on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @01:37PM (#13591459)
> removing personally identifiable information

no such thing.

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