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I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they spy on you
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LG: No. ACR in LG TVs does not collect or store screenshots, screen images, screen recordings... Hold on, we already know this is not true. There is even an option in the settings to disable this (which is usually automatically reverted by LG within a week). The setting has the obvious name of "Live Plus".
Comment on Hacker News · 8 direct repliesRemember, "no answer" is still a data point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_inference
Comment on Hacker Newshttps://archive.is/jBJdd
Comment on Hacker NewsInteresting that in the beginning it says 'We know that many TVs use automatic content recognition (ACR)' but according to answers none of those manufacturers do. So which TVs do the ACRs, and why Verge did not send those questions to them? Hisense?
Comment on Hacker News · 6 direct repliesDid any of them confirm the myth that the TV attempts to auto connect to any public wifi it can find or comes with a built in 5G modem?
Comment on Hacker News · 4 direct repliesMisleading article. The most promising- Sony didn't participate. Should have named "we asked some of manufacturers ...".
Comment on Hacker NewsI think it is better to use AI to root the devices, get them to run linux and run an open source media app. The TV manufacturer's default OS is low value.
Comment on Hacker News · 3 direct repliesI unfortunately bought an LG tv a while back. Even if you didn't connect it to wifi, they apparently connect to Comcast/xfinity wifi, which is very common in the world. I want to figure out how to disable the connection inside the tv, because I don't trust their software setting. Has anyone described how to do that? Is there an antenna that could be removed, is there wire that can be snipped that would block it from transmitting? I know it's a mostly solid state connection.
Comment on Hacker NewsIs there any TV I can buy that doesn't spy on me?
Comment on Hacker News · 10 direct repliesI was impressed LG answered every question and quite directly, assuming they’re telling the truth. I was quite disappointed in Apple for dodging so many of them and giving non-answers. They need to tone down the corporate speak and take a lesson from LG. When asked if a user can erase everything the correct answer is not a thesis on privacy, it’s saying “Choosing Erase all settings and data will remove everything on the device back to factory fresh state”. They already have the perfect answer. Apple has good answers for many of the questions they skipped too. But they look bad by not even trying to answer.
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