Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device
by square_usual on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @01:08AM
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I'm pretty sure just about every TV brand is doing this now. Roku and FireTV are well known - there's literal research papers out there about the tracking they do - and a ton of TVs come bundled with Roku or FireTV these days. AFAIK LG is also doing that but I don't have a quotable source on it.
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Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device
by criddell on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:08AM
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In the US, the Video Privacy Protection Act has a pretty interesting history. If you aren't familiar with it, the Wikipedia page has a pretty good summary:
Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device
by HWR_14 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @01:49AM
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Roku has a menu item to toggle their spyware. I don't know if it is respected or covers all spying.
Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device
by zrobotics on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @03:03AM
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From my (non-exhaustive) looking with wireshark, toggling that menu item doesn't impact the number of domains contacted or amount of data transferred.
Which is a shame, I love the roku for how easy it is to use. I'll continue to use it, since there isn't a easy to operate OSS alternative, but it is disappointing.