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Your TV Is Spying On You (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

You sit down to relax, put on your favorite show, and settle in for a night of binge-watching. But while you’re watching your TV… your TV is watching you.

Smart TVs take constant snapshots of everything you watch. Sometimes hundreds of snapshots a second.

Welcome to the future of "entertainment."

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[-] shiroininja@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

So does your isp, and uses that for targeted ads. My pihole is constantly blocking a domain ran by xfinity that collects data for their targeted ad service

[-] Lojcs@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

I don't think those two facts are related? Your isp doesn't need to connect to its servers from within your local network to track your internet usage. Something else in your network must be trying to connect to that domain

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I've really gotta look into pihole.

[-] shiroininja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It’s really been great

[-] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What domain do I can make sure it's blocked?

[-] shiroininja@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks, looks like it's on the Stevenblack list.

[-] MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Id also like to know what lists hes using

[-] plantsmakemehappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's on https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts

I also have additional lists from firebog.net, and I use jacklul/pihole-updatelists to maintain it.

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