Dan GillmorSep 26, 2024

Talk about a grotesque invasion of privacy:

"Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even when you are using them to display images from a connected laptop or video game console"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/

How can this possibly be legal?

Here's why: Congress isn't just indifferent to your privacy. It is actively complicit with big corporations -- and law enforcement -- in embedding surveillance into everything we do.

Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

Smart TVs from Samsung and LG monitor what you are watching even when you are using the screens to display a feed from a connected laptop or video game console

New Scientist
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@dangillmor Remember when we had laws against wiretapping? We should do that again but for modern technology.
Sep 26, 2024 at 6:35pmWeb
Show thread✨buff dog himbo✨Sep 26, 2024
@vadhakara @dangillmor i believe this is one of the many reasons why who is in charge of the FCC matters so much, & why the supreme Court overturning the Chevron precedent is so scary, bc protections for Internet use have depended largely on whether they are considered a telecommunications technology or not. Which has varied depending on who was having the FCC, but could be settled forever in one direction or another soon if a court finds it relevant to clarify ambiguous legislature about it. 😬
Show threadJoe OrtizSep 26, 2024
@itsmeholland @vadhakara @dangillmor AT&T and T-Mobile already are exploiting it for example: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/24/t-mobile-leans-on-recent-supreme-court-chevron-ruling-to-insist-the-fcc-cant-require-all-phones-be-unlocked/
T-Mobile Leans On Recent Supreme Court Chevron Ruling To Insist The FCC Can’t Require All Phones Be Unlocked

Last July the FCC announced it was moving forward with plans that should make unlocking your mobile phone easier than ever. According to the FCC announcement, the agency, with broad and bipartisan …

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