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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] yamanii 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They still keep searching for some open wifi to send their stuff through.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if a software that just generate gibberish data could be made, just to fuck with them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Meh, it's not like the data is monitored by people, it would probably just be like dropping a needle of bad data in a haystack of automated data.

[–] na_th_an 3 points 2 months ago

This has never been proven in any way. It would be really easy to show that a smart TV will automatically connect to an open WiFi connection and send data, but nobody has done it.