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.

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    I’ve been rocking a 46 inch Sony xbr 1080p tv for like 22 years. It just broke last week :(

    That thing was awesome. It had nine types of inputs, DisplayPort, hdmi, super video, dvi, rca. It even had optical audio in and out. It was a $10,000 tv when it came out and I watched it for a while until it was something like $3300 and I bought it.

    I replaced it with a 55inch Samsung for $300. The picture is 22years better :) but the rest of it is throw away junk. It will never get connected to the internet and it will never get a software update. I think this is the logical conclusion to cheap tvs, they just become 100% enshittified.

    • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
      32·
      4 hours ago

      You should maybe connect it once for update. At least check firmware update changelogs to see if anything is relevant.

      I have an LG and experienced a weird picture problem for over a year… it was infuriating. Firmware update fixed it.