Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

Post by wil421 » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 10:02 PM UTC

freeflight wrote: post #151

wil421 wrote: post #116

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There’s been plenty of discussions on HN about the possibilities of SmartTVs doing nefarious stuff but not a lot stuff in the wild. Last time this came up someone was telling me the TV could get Ethernet from an HDMI cable via an AppleTV or Xbox etc. Stackexchange said the tech was dead and no one really adopted it. You can’t find a TV or even a cable that supports it. Any source about the auto connect to open WiFi?

Where do the discussions on HN, and Reddit [0], come from if it's not a thing in the wild? Granted: It's hard to search for because Google will bury any relevant results between a ton of support requests about people not being able to get their Samsung TV online. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bpr6xs/if_you_choo...

Post by signal11 » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 10:08 PM UTC

ellius wrote: post #329

joeblau wrote: post #219

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I was talking to a few people in a slack channel the other day about the potential market for a whole set of "dumb" appliances. At the end of the day, we came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be a able to reach mass market because the mass consumers seem to care more about price than security.

I'm not sure this is a counterargument, but if a company did this in an open way I could trust, I would buy EVERYTHING from them. Fridge, washer, dryer, dishwasher, televisions, small electronics, cars, whatever. You name it I'd buy it. I don't have enough information to determine how many people are like me, but the profit you could make on me as a customer would be ridiculous. You'd get the kind of platform loyalty…

Post by Jon_Lowtek » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 10:11 PM UTC

jonplackett wrote: post #440

buddylw wrote: post #165

I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can choose not to connect the devices, but what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether, like with Tesla and other high end modern cars? I don't think I'm just being a Luddite. This really seems like…

> full Battlestar Galactica This is a truly marvellous turn of phrase.

Post by deogeo » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 10:14 PM UTC

aritmo wrote: post #281

deogeo wrote: post #237

> Your Smart TV transfers video snippets or TV tuner information in order to determine the programs watched. Can this upload screenshots even if you use the TV as a mere monitor?

The wording of the privacy policy does not preclude getting video snippets from the PC input. Unless the wording changes, it can be assummed that it can be affected as well.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 10:27 PM UTC

rohan1024 wrote: post #27

Few reasons why I prefer dumb TVs, just a flat LED panel: 1. You have control over bullshit like this 2. You can make them smart by attaching the external box 3. You don't have to throw the TV because your Software is now old, just change the box. 4. There's new format which requires hardware support (av1 is coming), change the box. 5. Want to add new hardware? Upgrade the box.