Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching – The Markup
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Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

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.

  • KptnAutismus
    7•11 months ago

    if you’re this paranoid, just buy one of those mcdonalds menu screen tvs or just rip out all of the wifi electronics. i can imagine it being one of those standard modules like in laptops.

    • @schmidtster
      13•11 months ago

      Until it doesn’t work at all since the wifi chip is integral to boot up.

        • ddhEnglish
          15•11 months ago

          What’s the funny-to-serious timeline for this comment, fifteen years?