Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
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Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#2I changed the WiFi password as never told my Samsung the new one. I expect this will work for a year or two until they figure out how to force their way onto the network.
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#3I changed the WiFi password as never told my Samsung the new one. I expect this will work for a year or two until they figure out how to force their way onto the network.
Do you just use a Roku to watch stuff or what?
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#4https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06203 the study
Instructions given from the twitter thread but are probably slop:
Samsung:
Menu → Settings → All Settings → General & Privacy → Terms & Privacy → Turn off "Viewing Information Services"
LG:
Settings → General → System → Additional Settings → Turn off "Live Plus"
Settings → Support → Privacy & Terms → User Agreements → Turn off "Viewing Information"
Roku TVs (TCL, Hisense, Philips, Insignia, Onn, Sharp, and others):
Settings → Privacy → Smart TV Experience → Turn off "Use Info from TV Inputs"
Settings → Privacy → Advertising → Turn off "Personalize Ads"
Sony:
Settings → All Settings → Turn off "Samba Interactive TV"
Vizio:
Settings → All Settings → Admin & Privacy → Turn off "Viewing Data"
Amazon:
Settings → Preferences → Privacy Settings → Turn off "Device Usage Data", "Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage", "Interest-Based Ads"
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#5I took out the Wi-Fi module before I ever powered up the TV. I don't want to have to trust that a guest won't try to connect to their own hotspot to watch their Netflix on my TV.
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#6I changed the WiFi password as never told my Samsung the new one. I expect this will work for a year or two until they figure out how to force their way onto the network.
Amazon sidewalk and related technologies will likely allow devices to bypass needing your network at all in the future. The last TV that doesnt support these features will probably be my last.
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#7I changed the WiFi password as never told my Samsung the new one. I expect this will work for a year or two until they figure out how to force their way onto the network.
They will probably eventually upload stuff through people walking by with Samsung phones or smart tags.
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#8I changed the WiFi password as never told my Samsung the new one. I expect this will work for a year or two until they figure out how to force their way onto the network.
Do you just use a Roku to watch stuff or what?
There's a wonderful thing that we used to have and still do have, but might be going away soon. It's called "terrestrial television". For decades people streamed programming over the airwaves, straight off the antenna! For free! Ad-supported of course, but... no tracking! (Actually opt-in tracking with a Nielsen People Meter.)
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#9I changed the WiFi password as never told my Samsung the new one. I expect this will work for a year or two until they figure out how to force their way onto the network.
Thank god the EoH never became a thing, despite being in the HDMI standard
Re: Smart TV tracking raises privacy concerns (2024)
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you just use a Roku to watch stuff or what?
There's a wonderful thing that we used to have and still do have, but might be going away soon. It's called "terrestrial television". For decades people streamed programming over the airwaves, straight off the antenna! For free! Ad-supported of course, but... no tracking! (Actually opt-in tracking with a Nielsen People Meter.)
You can also use a DVR to record terrestrial broadcast TV, and there's even tools to automatically skip ads: https://github.com/Protektor-Desura/jellyfin-dvr-comskip