Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching – The Markup
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Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

    • lseif
      1·
      7 months ago

      fair.

      genuine question: is it still considered ‘smart’ if its fully offline? what can it do that a ‘normal’ tv cant? can it connect to a local media server or something?

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Play media from USB or local Plex yes.

        Display IP cameras

        Really expensive alarm clock

        Is an airplane still an airplane if it never flies?