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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by paulmd on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:08PM (#21695506)
TVs can emit ultrasonic tracking tones which your phone can pick up and link your TV identity to your phone identity (facebook, google, whatever apps have microphone access to listen).

https://www.pindrop.com/blog/silently-tracking-users-with-ul...

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/your-...

https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/ultrasonic-tracking-signal...

Also, virtually any device with cell connectivity includes a GPS on the same chipset so it's pretty trivial to connect that with google location data. So if it has 5G it has your location it has your identity.

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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by jankiehodgpodge on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:55AM (#21700668)
It might not even be that hard. The TV could just broadcast a Bluetooth beacon and your phone will automatically send the details to Google/Apple where your locations can be tied.
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