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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by glenneroo on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:58PM (#21012175)
The article mentions this bit:

> The researchers also found that other smart devices including speakers and cameras were sending user data to dozens of third parties including Spotify and Microsoft.

Maybe someone can find the referenced studies to see what data is actually sent...

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by ceejayoz on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:59PM (#21012179)
That the devices have speakers and cameras doesn't mean they're sending the speaker and camera data to those third-parties.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by dgzl on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:33PM (#21012363)
actually, I'm reading this entirely different...

> other smart devices including speakers and cameras

In my perspective, these are other devices entirely, like smart speakers and those video hubs the FAANG companies produce, or maybe entrance cameras.. Some reasoning: what kind of television doesn't have speakers.

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