Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook

Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by diminoten on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:06PM (#21011887)

Yeah, how dare they, you barely got out of there with your life...

Seriously, the melodrama people treat their privacy with is frequently astounding.

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by c13u on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:25PM (#21011991)

I don't understand your criticism. If the TV were given close to free and then subsidized by ads, sure. But I'm paying >$500 for the TV, why should I get ads too?

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by U8dcN7vx on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:21PM (#21012289)

Because they can. Alternatively, perhaps it would be more like >$2000 to avoid the advertising.

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:50PM (#21013113)

Or it would be $500 and no advertising. Them doing ads doesn't mean they can't survive without them, it just means they like the extra money.

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by diminoten on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:50PM (#21012789)

My criticism is the vast overvaluing of information value, and the complete failure to accurately assess the risk of that information becoming public.

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