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These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Doubtful, since I don't have one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

on our vizio, from the settings side panel: all settings->admin/privacy->viewing data. turn it off.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't mention what circumstances it's tracking your watching habits. If you're watching an obscure movie on DVD, is it still looking at frames? Does it have to be through a streaming service being run on the TV? Does it recognize content being run on modern game consoles? Not a very informative article.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

SmartTV: This customer loves watching Balance of Nature ads

Me: fuck balance of nature I fucking hate those stupid scammy ads!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

My TV must be very disappointed in me

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Most likely offline or firewalled to Hades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

fair.

genuine question: is it still considered 'smart' if its fully offline? what can it do that a 'normal' tv cant? can it connect to a local media server or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Play media from USB or local Plex yes.

Display IP cameras

Really expensive alarm clock

Is an airplane still an airplane if it never flies?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Mine's a crt with an hdmi converter. I'm untouchable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

VLANed off with no internet. Can only see my Plex server. No other access

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That’s why i don’t connect mine to the internet and I black hole suspicious traffic

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