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I'm pretty sure just about every TV brand is doing this now. Roku and FireTV are well known - there's literal research papers out there about the tracking they
by square_usual 5y ago
I'm pretty sure just about every TV brand is doing this now. Roku and FireTV are well known - there's literal research papers out there about the tracking they do - and a ton of TVs come bundled with Roku or FireTV these days. AFAIK LG is also doing that but I don't have a quotable source on it.
- HWR_14 5y agoRoku has a menu item to toggle their spyware. I don't know if it is respected or covers all spying.
- zrobotics 5y agoFrom my (non-exhaustive) looking with wireshark, toggling that menu item doesn't impact the number of domains contacted or amount of data transferred. Which is a shame, I love the roku for how easy it is to use. I'll continue to use it, since there isn't a easy to operate OSS alternative, but it is disappointing.
- criddell 5y agoIn the US, the Video Privacy Protection Act has a pretty interesting history. If you aren't familiar with it, the Wikipedia page has a pretty good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act