FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers a window into homes

Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by chipperyman573 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:34PM (#21694502)

The fact that the cost isn't subsidized by the tracking and advertising provided by the smart tv

(I have no evidence for this but I've seen this comment posted many times before)

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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by msbarnett on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:50PM (#21708427)

Here's the evidence for it, by the way. Straight from an interview with the CTO of Vizio: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit...

It goes into how running content recognizition software against whatever's on the TV display lets them collect and aggregate data to sell, which helps them sell the TV for very low prices without having to worry about being profitable on the initial sale thanks to data and other monetization streams. Sony, Samsung, and the other major TV players all run very similar Automatic Content Recognition systems.

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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by dawnerd on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:42PM (#21694583)

Bingo! Those Roku / FireTV / Netflix / Amazon/ Etc logos on the boxes don't pay for themselves.

Although what's insulting is when the super premium tvs that STILL include all the same tracking junk. A 3k dollar+ tv shouldn't need any subsidizing at all, yet here we are.

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