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Re:Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks by potamic on Monday June 20, 2022 @04:33AM (#31807768)
> They collect everything they can, including screenshots at regular intervals and send them back to Samsung so that they can sell this to "partners"

Isn't this a gross violation of privacy and be clearly illegal? I could be playing my home videos with very private content. Add to that copyright violation if they are using screenshots of my content for commercial purposes.

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Re:Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks by jiggawatts on Monday June 20, 2022 @06:07AM (#31808417)
Yes, it’s a gross violation of privacy. People watch porn on their TV, including home-made porn they made themselves. This is being captured and sent back to Samsung.

The bigger danger is that you could be watching something on a streaming system that could land you in jail in an authoritarian country. No amount of HTTPS encryption or VPNs will save you if the decoded image is sent raw back to Samsung — where it is not safe and secure!

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Re:Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks by potamic on Monday June 20, 2022 @10:02AM (#31810465)
What I don't understand is that how have they not been sued already, in the Western countries at least? Seems it should be a clear cut case.
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