How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features - Consumer Reports
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TVs collect a huge amount of data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit the surveillance on TVs from LG, Samsung, TCL, and every other big brand.

The link has a ton of information.

Now, It is obvious that putting it completely offline is more safe. But, some people often use the TV’s to watch Netflix or something like that. Then they might forget that it is still connected to the internet when they are done watching.

Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 day ago

    You just keep talking while ignoring what I’m saying so I guess we’re done here.

    • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 day ago

      You are clearly ignoring everything I just said. Even another person explained it and you are still oblivious.

      This post was for the people that didn’t know that data was being sent back, and how to help reduce it. Not everybody is going to keep their smart TV offline forever.

      READ!