Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense, and TCL, accusing their smart TVs of using Automated Content Recognition to spy on users without consent, capturing data and selling it for targeted ads, risking privacy.
Source: ars TECHNICA
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued five large TV manufacturers, Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense, and TCL, alleging that their smart TVs spy on viewers without consent. “These companies have been unlawfully collecting personal data through Automated Content Recognition technology,” Paxton’s office alleged in a press release. “ACR is an uninvited, invisible digital invader. This software can capture screenshots of a user’s television display every 500 milliseconds, monitor viewing activity in real time, and transmit that information back to the company without the user’s knowledge or consent. The companies then sell that consumer information to target ads across platforms for a profit. This puts users’ privacy and sensitive information, such as passwords, bank information, and other personal information at risk.” Full Story