ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSmart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up11.42Karrow-down14
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minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoMaybe i’m stupid, but why would a TV even do that? All it’s know is what you’re watching today, right? How is that information useful? If you’re living with other people, the TV couldn’t even know who’s watching, that would make the data useless.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month agoData mining. They know what you watch, when you don’t and any other habits you have. If you have a microphone on your remote or tv, then they also send that data over.
minus-squareArcticPrincess@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·1 month agoKnowing the distribution of what entire households watch is very useful. It’s not about spying on you personally.
minus-squarenull@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoAnd what other devices are on the network, and what they’re chattering about
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt is also about spying on you personally, to build targeted advertising profiles.
Maybe i’m stupid, but why would a TV even do that? All it’s know is what you’re watching today, right? How is that information useful? If you’re living with other people, the TV couldn’t even know who’s watching, that would make the data useless.
Data mining. They know what you watch, when you don’t and any other habits you have.
If you have a microphone on your remote or tv, then they also send that data over.
Knowing the distribution of what entire households watch is very useful. It’s not about spying on you personally.
And what other devices are on the network, and what they’re chattering about
…seems rather personal to me.
It is also about spying on you personally, to build targeted advertising profiles.