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From The Register:
"At the end of last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued five of the largest TV companies, accusing them of excessive and deceptive surveillance of their customers."
If you didn't know by now, smart TVs with their internet connections are spying on you. Microphones and cameras are listening and watching AND the sets can take screen shots of whatever you're watching. Streaming? They're watching. DVDs? Watching. Off air? Watching.
It's 1984 Big Brother watching. That's why I got my new-to-me TV from the local Goodwill that does NOT connect to the internet. It's just kind of shocking that a champion for privacy is coming from a Texas Republican.
Oh, wait. They're just worried that China is harvesting the data - not red blooded American corporations shoving ads in your face. Never mind.
"At the end of last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued five of the largest TV companies, accusing them of excessive and deceptive surveillance of their customers."
If you didn't know by now, smart TVs with their internet connections are spying on you. Microphones and cameras are listening and watching AND the sets can take screen shots of whatever you're watching. Streaming? They're watching. DVDs? Watching. Off air? Watching.
It's 1984 Big Brother watching. That's why I got my new-to-me TV from the local Goodwill that does NOT connect to the internet. It's just kind of shocking that a champion for privacy is coming from a Texas Republican.
Oh, wait. They're just worried that China is harvesting the data - not red blooded American corporations shoving ads in your face. Never mind.
