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The TVs aren't "Smart" for the consumers. They are "Smart" for the producers/advertisers/etc that want to data mine your television consumption (now including
by amitparikh 12y ago
The TVs aren't "Smart" for the consumers. They are "Smart" for the producers/advertisers/etc that want to data mine your television consumption (now including various streaming services).
- null_ptr 12y agoThere you go. Weren't LG smart TVs found to phone home the file names of media you play on it off your own external storage? No thanks.
- ceocoder 12y agoWow, I had no idea this[0] was a real thing. This actually makes me more nervous than Kinect webcam thing which is just small piece of duct tape away from getting resolved. [0] http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/smart-tv-from-lg-phones-home-with-users-viewing-habits-usb-file-names/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/smart-tv-from-lg-pho...
- Silhouette 12y agoSamsung Smart TVs have a dubious track record on security/privacy issues, too: http://mashable.com/2013/08/02/samsung-smart-tv-hack/ http://mashable.com/2013/08/02/samsung-smart-tv-hack/