Samsung Pilots Making Its Smart Fridges Billboards After People Bought Them
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Samsung is piloting a program to turn its smart fridges into billboards, displaying ads after purchase, raising concerns about data privacy and unwanted advertising.
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more_corn
3 months ago
Immediate boycott of all Samsung products.
ChrisArchitect
3 months ago
News from 2 weeks ago; Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107
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