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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by howunfortunate on Monday September 07, 2026 @11:20AM (#49599412)
This would kill some middling parties but wouldn't do mich.

I worked for a major adtech company that bought zero third party data.

There's enough in the bidrequests.

And we had nothing on Meta or Google's ecosystems.

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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by hn_submit on Monday September 07, 2026 @11:57AM (#49599777)
It also implies that Google,Meta and others can't put trackers on other people's websites. That kills about 99% of all tracking on the internet. Foreign companies would also be banned from placing trackers to close any loopholes.
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Re:LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and sno... by Moldoteck on Monday September 07, 2026 @01:33PM (#49600772)
Oh they can. They can offer profiling local servers/software for most important websites which, after profiling will request from google the specific ad category
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