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Now your TV watches you


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2019 Jan 20, 10:40am   1,146 views  5 comments

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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-14/here-reason-why-smart-tvs-are-so-cheap

A significant reason why a smart TV, or perhaps a new 65-inch 4K smart TV with HDR capability, can be purchased for about $500, is because some manufacturers are harvesting data from users. ...

"This is a cutthroat industry. It's a 6% margin industry," Baxter said. "The greater strategy is I really don't need to make money off of the TV. I need to cover my cost."

More specifically, electronic manufacturers like Vizio have figured out that they can sell smart TVs at, or around cost, and concentrate on data harvesting and post-purchase monetization.

Vizio TVs, have the ability, with user opt-in, track anything that is on the TV, what the company calls “automatic content recognition.” That data used to be sold off to third-party data aggregators, but after the Federal Trade Commission and New Jersey slapped the company with a multi-million dollar fine in 2017.

Legal documents from the case reportedly show that Vizio installed software on 11 million smart TVs to track viewing habits without consumers' knowledge.

Now, Vizio keeps the data but sells targeted advertising in a platform model like Google and Facebook.

So you must be wondering how much data is Vizio collecting from smart TVs?

Well, the Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, tweeted that a connected VIZIO P-Series Class 4K HDR Smart TV pings a server over 500,000 times a week or nearly once every second, much more than the typical device.

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1   HeadSet   2019 Jan 20, 10:57am  

Same with your Uber rides Patrick. Every ride you took - pickup, route, drop off, and when - is stored in a database. Use Uber enough, and I am sure someone could piece together your travels to determine your bookie, dealer, mistress, and so on.
2   Patrick   2019 Jan 20, 11:20am  

Ha, they'll never figure it out because my bookie, dealer, and mistress are all the same person! She's so hot. ;-)
3   Ceffer   2019 Jan 20, 11:25am  

Patrick says
Now your TV watches you

I was wondering why my TV puked whenever I walked around in my underwear.
4   HeadSet   2019 Jan 20, 11:39am  

Ceffer says
Patrick says
Now your TV watches you

I was wondering why my TV puked whenever I walked around in my underwear.


Show it who is boss - skip the underwear next time.
5   HeadSet   2019 Jan 20, 11:39am  

Patrick says
Ha, they'll never figure it out because my bookie, dealer, and mistress are all the same person! She's so hot. ;-)


Do not let your wife find out!

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