Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch

Re:Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on wha... by jsrozner on Friday December 19, 2025 @03:07AM (#46323420)

i mean that the business models of google and facebook would go poooof

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Re:Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on wha... by rightbyte on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:19AM (#46324564)

Sadly not. Context based ads is a thing.

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Re:Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on wha... by amelius on Friday December 19, 2025 @07:17AM (#46325018)

Context based ads also give away information about the user. Because if you buy the goods that were advertised the vendor knows which contexts apply to you. It is not very precise information and it may involve probabilities, but it is still information.

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Re:Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on wha... by rightbyte on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:32AM (#46325658)

Yeah and like coupon codes for discounts etc.

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Re:Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on wha... by fasbiner on Saturday December 20, 2025 @08:11PM (#46341301)

That's a vey reductionist position.

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Re:Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on wha... by tokai on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @03:02PM (#46378724)

bot

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