Your LG and Samsung TV's are, basically, spying on you

Your LG and Samsung TV's are, basically, spying on you


Your TV Is Secretly Watching You. Here's How to Stop It
ACR analyzes everything that goes through your TV and looks for giveaways hidden in the audio or video signal. Those digital fingerprints let ACR know what you're watching, no matter which app, service, or media format you're using.
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https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/your-tv-is-secretly-watching-you-heres-how-to-stop-it
IoT privacy compliance development.
Samsung will revise ACR data practices after legal action by the Texas Attorney General.
Key elements:
⢠Real-time viewing habit collection under scrutiny
⢠Enhanced disclosure & consent flow promised
⢠Emphasis on consumer transparency
⢠Broader regulatory pressure on smart device telemetry
ACR data monetization highlights a persistent tension:
Device intelligence vs user autonomy
Advertising revenue vs explicit consent
Convenience vs continuous telemetry
As regulatory enforcement increases, IoT vendors may face stricter consent design expectations.
Question for security & privacy professionals:
Should connected consumer devices require periodic re-consent for telemetry collection?
Source: https://therecord.media/samsung-updates-acr-privacy-practices-texas
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@m ...And having read your post, yes, it's a pretty important post, and definitely worth making readable! (I wasn't following your blog... but I am now.)
Just to press another possible button, I need to buy a new TV, and am horrified to discover that automated content recognition #ACR is now apparently universal! And allegedly some TVs have cameras in them to assess the sentiment of the viewers.
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I'm trying to buy a replacement #TV; our 10 year old Samsung is developing dreaded white spots. But I discover that ALL the TVs you can buy these days are watching you through #ACR (automatic content recognition) multiple times a seond, checking what you watch against huge databases.
Usual dark patterns: 1 click to say yes, 40 clicks in multiple menus to say no... and then all your TV channel apps won't work. Texas suing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehzLA4kFqM
Apple TV only one not using ACR?
Jeg var idag gammel, da jeg hørte om #ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) Pü #SmartTV. Jeg troede faktisk ikke man mütte südan noget i #EU uden samtykke, men jf. standardindtillingerne pü mit #LG TV stür det faktisk og streamer indholdet pü min skÌrm retur til LG. Bruger jeg skÌrmen med min PC, kunne det inkludere konfidentielle informationer fra bank og lignende.
Det gør jeg sü ikke, ikke desto mindre pisser det mig hÌmningsløst af at man sidder i stuen og kigger med, for at kunne kaste mülrettede reklamer efter mig.
Selv hvis du ikke streamer noget med reklamepauser, kan du roligt regne med at de oplysninger de høster bliver solgt videre. Enten som generel statistik pü hvad der bliver set, eller hvad der specifikt sker fra dit IP.
Det kan selvfølgelig slües fra.
Det er selvfølgelig vildt bøvlet.