How to Get Your Smart TV to Stop Spying on You
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The article discusses ways to limit the data collection of smart TVs, and commenters share their own experiences and concerns about TV manufacturers' data practices.
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jgalt212Author
2 months ago
Ideally, you'd never give your smart TV the wifi password, and connect to a Roku type device that didn't track you. Too bad there is not enough market demand to support the higher price a non-tracking Roku would command.
pmdulaney
2 months ago
The fact that software on my TV knows what I'm watching is mildly annoying; what is more annoying is that it doesn't give me access to that information -- just like my Roku device similarly fails to give me that information.
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