Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Facebook

Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by delfinom on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:00AM (#21015724)

How? By putting in cellular or sat connections in secret? Because the FCC would be very interested in someone selling unlabeled and unlicensed radio containing equipment.

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by minitech on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:39AM (#21016021)

By connecting to open wi-fi, supposedly, maybe with the help of some kind of dark pattern: https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/bpjky4/worried_ab...

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by gruez on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:53AM (#21016148)

Would it need to be labeled if they were plugging in a 5G pci-e/USB WAN module?

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by JohnFen on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:57AM (#21017421)

Yes

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