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I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting (www.pocket-lint.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Smart TVs with an internet connection: Lets grab screenshots and send them to cooperate analysis advertisement department.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

This sounds like the kind of thing you'd hear from someone who smokes things off tin foil in their car.

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world -4 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Man, I hate this community more and more... because you deal with such topics but know what is portrayed by others...

Some companies: Listnr, Sonic Notify or Silverpush

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaudible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/

[–] falseWhite@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's like from a decade ago.

Does your phone have its microphone on permanently at all times? Mine doesn't. Maybe fiddle with settings.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

Except if you have an android phone with assistant enabled, it will hear ‘OK, Google’ even when mic is not on. Things they mention are not impossible to implement, but those will require to fiddle a lot with the hard- and software of the phone, something a manufacturer can totally do

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