Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):LG is facing legal action in Portugal over alleged smart TV spying, and other manufacturers could be next. A study of 12 smart TVs found that Samsung and Vizio continued sending ACR-related traffic even after users opted out of tracking. Only four platforms fully respected opt-outs: LG webOS, Sony Google TV, VIDAA and Fire TV. The researchers couldn’t confirm every transmission was tracking data due to encryption

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LG is facing legal action in Portugal over alleged smart TV spying, and other manufacturers could be next. A study of 12 smart TVs found that Samsung and Vizio continued sending ACR-related traffic even after users opted out of tracking. Only four platforms fully respected opt-outs: LG webOS, Sony Google TV, VIDAA and Fire TV. The researchers couldn’t confirm every transmission was tracking data due to encryption