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If it has any smart features at all, you can be pretty sure that it's spying on you in all sorts of ways.
by Sharlin 2y ago
If it has any smart features at all, you can be pretty sure that it's spying on you in all sorts of ways.
- izacus 2y agoWe're talking about TVs that take screenshots - which models do that?
- tecleandor 2y agoAny modern Smart TV, I'd say that any of those made in the last 6 to 8 years. The feature is called ACR: "Automatic Content Recognition". It's more a capability of the TV OS than the hardware model, although of course, more processing on the hardware gives you more ACR capabilities and it isn't usually listed on the device features. Also, some of the brands have ACR under features named like "Samba TV" or "Live Plus", making it more difficult to find it on their setup menus. There are sites that tell you how to deactivate ACR for different TV brands. https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/stop-your-snooping-smart-tv-how-to-turn-off-data-collection-for-every-brand https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/ https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/how-to-disable-acr-and-greatly-reduce-ads-on-every-tv-model-and-why-you-should/ Edit: of course, you could disconnect your TV from the Internet. Some years ago there were rumors about TVs connecting to open wifi APs by themselves, but I think I haven't seen any proofs of that...