greenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1326arrow-down1external-linkI didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this settingwww.pocket-lint.comgreenbelt@lemy.lol to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoAutomatically joining open networks is a feature built into many devices, this is simply alleging that some TVs come with it enabled by default… Also, that is a real feature that some advertising company’s offer to their clients: https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/ Sounds like you owe some of your family members an apology.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoPitch deck does not mean it’s in active use. Just like filing a patent doesn’t mean the company is going to implement the patented idea.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoA pitch deck is a presentation tool used by sales reps when they’re presenting their existing products to perspective clients. At least, that’s what it is in this context.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·3 days agoI have never had a device join an open network by itself.
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoAnd of the several hundred, or thousands, of smart TV models available, how many have you owned? Of the tens of thousands of IoT devices available, how many have you owned? Just trying to figure out the sample size that you based your statement on.
Automatically joining open networks is a feature built into many devices, this is simply alleging that some TVs come with it enabled by default…
Also, that is a real feature that some advertising company’s offer to their clients:
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/
Sounds like you owe some of your family members an apology.
Pitch deck does not mean it’s in active use. Just like filing a patent doesn’t mean the company is going to implement the patented idea.
A pitch deck is a presentation tool used by sales reps when they’re presenting their existing products to perspective clients.
At least, that’s what it is in this context.
I have never had a device join an open network by itself.
And of the several hundred, or thousands, of smart TV models available, how many have you owned?
Of the tens of thousands of IoT devices available, how many have you owned?
Just trying to figure out the sample size that you based your statement on.