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Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 days ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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According to complaints filed this Monday in Texas state courts, the TV makers can allegedly use ACR technology to capture screenshots of television displays every 500 milliseconds, monitor the users' viewing activity in real time, and send this information back to the companies' servers without the users' knowledge or consent.

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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

A broken clock and all.

I'm so tired of "smart" tech. "Smart" is becoming synonymous with abuse. Seems like that's all these companies do with it.

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago

Every time I buy any piece of technology, seeing "smart" in the title makes me immediately look for something else.

I want a label printer. Not something that only works with a mobile app, not something that requires proprietary drivers and doesn't work on my OS, not something that can only be used with your specific software, not one that requires your labels with a special NFC tag to use, just a label printer that is just as compatible as any regular printer.

I ended up paying about a 5X premium compared to alternatives on the market for that, and I would do it again.