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crazygringo 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying...

A lot of this stuff is actually being used to track which ads are being watched. Apps definitely aren't reporting those.

autoexec 7 months ago [–]

Like all data collection you can bet that the data our smart TVs and devices take from us is (or one day will be) used for a lot more than just ads.

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