How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features - Consumer Reports
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TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every other big brand.

The link has a ton of information.

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.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    6 hours ago

    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
      2·
      5 hours ago

      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.socialEnglish
        3·
        5 hours ago

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

      • mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works
        21·
        4 hours 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.