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Your TV Is Spying On You (www.ludlowinstitute.org)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 16 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Does anyone know if there's a domain blocklist for smart TV telemetry? If so, I could easily put it into my DNS server, like I already do for ads.

I'd like to continue using my streaming apps without resorting to yet another device. I have an HTPC that runs KODI but I think it'd be a pain to replace all of my streaming apps.

[–] laserlizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

A couple I'm aware of:

But like flightyhobler suggested, if you keep an eye on your DNS logs with Pi-hole or managed services like AdGuard DNS and NextDNS you'll get a better idea of what's still getting through.

[–] alucard@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago

Thank you for posting this! You saved me a search

[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago

Turn the TV on and keep an eye on the logs. Many of the common blocklist already block that kind of telemetry.