[kator]

All this said I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV you buy in the store and never even realize it's phoning home with everything you watch...

[JumpCrisscross]

> I'm more concerned about Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on smartTV

You’re more concerned about privacy when it comes to TV viewing than medical data? What a strange hijacking of a serious thread…

[mcmcmc]

When you buy a medical data collection device and it collects medical data that’s not exactly a surprise

[fn-mote]

The problem isn’t the collecting, it’s who has access to the data.

[Obscurity4340]

Nah, yeah the problem is also collecting the data in that way for to begin with

[mcmcmc]

Unless encryption is advertised as a feature, it’s a safe assumption that vendors that host your data will have access to it, the cloud being someone else’s computer and all that.

[drfloyd51]

Whataboutism in fancy clothes.

[guilamu]

If you're concerned about that do not give internet to your tv and use any kind of tv box instead (shield tv, apple tv, etc).

[drnick1]

I wouldn't use Apple TV, Shield or other proprietary black boxes if you want a private setup. Linux on a mini-PC with Plasma Bigscreen, your own over-the-air antenna for local TV, VacuumTube for YT, and the high seas for other content.

[Buildstarted]

with things like amazon's sidewalk you might not have any choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

[Shadowmist]

How long until they have built in cellular or use a mesh?

[bentcorner]

I'm certain there are a non-zero number of TVs that either attempt to auto-join popular wifi hotspots (xfinity/tmobile/starbucks/etc.) and/or have cellular connections for telemetry.

Thinking more on this I think a business opportunity in the future will be companies that design hardware stacks that can go in random appliances that can gather usage information in the name of telemetry.

I give it +/- 5 years before an OTS coffee maker at walmart phones home.

[iLoveOncall]

So that TV box can phone home instead of your smart TV? What's the point?

[antiframe]

Use a TV box that doesn't phone home, obviously. Also, don't buy a smart TV but a monitor.

[drfloyd51]

Different homes are being phoned. If that matters.