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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.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 11 months ago (18 children)

If there are any unsecured networks in your vicinity it might be telling on you without you knowing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm a little surprised we haven't heard about one of these smart TV brands using something like Amazon Sidewalk yet to communicate the analyzed data:

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/

A popular brand could totally set up their own network like this and with apartments there would probably be sufficient density to ensure that there's always at least one connected device nearby to act as a bridge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well that's pretty terrifying.

Need to figure out how to block that now. Sigh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Open it up and desolder the wifi module/antenna

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