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.

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    11 months ago

    Pull one of your old routers from the back of closet, and use it to make a completely new network just for your TV. If you don’t connect the router to the rest of the internet, your TV is happy to connect to something, and you get to keep your privacy a little bit longer.

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        11 months ago

        Cause it still works, doesn’t take up much space, and doesn’t really eat a whole lot just siting there.

        Also, 2 is one, 1 is none. Good to have a fall back in case hardware dies

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        If you have a nice enough router you could connect your TV to it and block its Mac address maybe.

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          Or maybe configure the firewall to block/allow only very specific things. It’s a bit more technical than just plugging in an Ethernet cable though…