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All smart TVs—from LG, Samsung, TCL, and other brands—collect personal data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit surveillance. (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The link has a ton of information.

Now, It is obvious that putting it completely offline is more safe. But, some people often use the TV's to watch Netflix or something like that. Then they might forget that it is still connected to the internet when they are done watching.

Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

None? The idea is not to get more features, it's to take it offline so it can't send data about you back home. Plug in another smart device into the TV and use that for streaming and such.

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dumb tvs are still sold in some places. If it's impossible to get a dumb TV and have a pc, at that point it makes more sense to get a simple monitor and use the pc as the smart device so you actually have full control. The android boxes you connect to tvs are not the epitome of privacy either.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Dumb TVs" are extremely rare. You can buy most TVs and just not connect them to the internet and achieve the same thing.

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

This feels like such a waste but if there really aren't any dumb tvs around anymore, oh well

[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

This is true. Almost every streaming box sells your data out of the box. Roku is one of the worst. Nvidia Shield is pretty bad too.