Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by spiderice on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:57PM
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What data could a smart tv collect on you if you're treating it like a dumb tv? Assuming it lives its life disconnected from the internet with an Apple TV/Roku/Chromecast connected to it. Would it have any data on you other than, maybe, when the tv has been turned on?
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Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by bee_rider on Friday April 07, 2023 @08:11PM
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I mean, Forbes, so take it with a grain of salt, but
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/02/08/shocking...
> Once every second, software in the Vizio TVs would read pixel data from a segment of the screen. This was sent home and compared against a database of film, television and advertising content to determine what was being watched.