Your Smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds

https://twitter.com/heynavtoor/status/2044433988312560051

21•nowflux•1h ago

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therobots927•1h ago

I 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.

ezekg•1h ago

Do you just use a Roku to watch stuff or what?

bitwize•1h ago

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.)

dlcarrier•46m ago

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

mlindner•6m ago

What is of value to watch on any of the streaming platforms?

Netflix content is atrophying. Disney Plus is dying. To say nothing of Hulu or others.

I watch youtube. The content is way more varied and interesting and less sanitized.

jhhh•1h ago

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.

cma•1h ago

They will probably eventually upload stuff through people walking by with Samsung phones or smart tags.

cwillu•1h ago

Thank god the EoH never became a thing, despite being in the HDMI standard

its-summertime•1h ago

https://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"

mlindner•8m ago

FWIW, I would not trust LG here to actually do nothing even after turning all the elements off, their GUI is especially "web"-like. Just leave it disconnected.

I don't understand why people can't just get a secondary device for accessing live streaming programs. There's numerous devices you can buy that do it.

TVs should not be connected to the internet. The incentive structures are just too bad against the user.

rationalist•1h ago

I 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.

AirMax98•36m ago

Dumb devices have gotta be a billion dollar market at this point.

angry_octet•11m ago

I'm curious to know whether my Google TV is surveilling my use of Netflix and other apps. If I watch something via XBMC streaming does it sample it?

It would be a shame if I had to have my own HDMI generator go back to switching inputs.

peterlk•5m ago

https://xcancel.com/heynavtoor/status/2044433988312560051

kstrauser•2m ago

Maybe, but since I'll never connect that sucker to a network, it'll just have to sit and brood on them.

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