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.

    • fuster93@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      Did you read the article? It captures screenshots, doesn’t matter if you use a Shield, console or whatever.

      • Night Monkey
        13·
        10 months ago

        Yes.I read it. And no I dont hook my TV to the Internet . It’s even blocked at the router level