Current Events > Vizio to send class notices through the TVs that spied on viewers.

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TV manufacturer Vizio is working on the feature to help satisfy a class action suit against it by disgruntled customers.

Back in 2015, investigative journalism site ProPublica revealed that Vizios smart TVs were just a little too smart for their own good. The TVs included a feature switched on by default in 11 million devices called Smart Interactivity, which tracked its customers viewing habits.

Vizios Inscape data services operation collected data including snippets of the programs that the viewers watched, along with the date, time, channel, and whether they were viewed live, or as recordings. It also gathered data on over-the-top services such as Netflix, along with data from DVDs and even streaming devices. In short, if you watched it on a Vizio TV, Vizio knew about it.

The company then linked that data to your IP address and sold the whole package to advertisers, who could then combine it with information about other devices associated with that IP address. So if, as most of us do, you connected your phone or your home computer to your home Wi-Fi network, advertisers could use your viewing data to serve you ads via those devices too.

This means that Vizio customers affected by this privacy mess even those that were not involved in the class action lawsuit will read about it on the same TV that spied on them in the first place.

more reading/source:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/09/12/vizio-to-send-class-notices-through-the-tvs-that-spied-on-viewers/

Honestly I don't have much to say here other than I'm glad they're going to get fucked for leaving that option by default and gathering the data the way they did. The fact that they have to display the notification on the televisions of the consumers that bought them is some real naming and shaming. Do you often use the smart functionality of your tv or have it connected to the internet? I tend to stick to keeping my TV dumb and using a set top box for netflix and whatever else.
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its like the equivalent of those parents making their kid stand on a street with a sign saying what they did.
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Getting fucked, lol.

The fine doesn't mean shit
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Obama can spy on you through your microwave this is nothing

Yeah so i can watch plex/netflix etc
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*Opens Vizio smart app*

"By your viewing preferences, we suggest.....

Gagging Grannies 12 and Housewife Sluts 22"
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I wouldn't even consider a smart TV. I've used them a couple of times and they're just frustrating and slow. Much rather plug a PC or an Android dongle into a regular TV.
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DarkTransient posted...

I wouldn't even consider a smart TV. I've used them a couple of times and they're just frustrating and slow. Much rather plug a PC or an Android dongle into a regular TV.

Can you even buy non-smart tvs anymore? Im not talking about cheap shit tvs you buy from aldi
Like is there a 4k, oled, 65inch, hdr, wall mountable, 60fps or more dream tv but with no smarts?
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Rika_Furude posted...

DarkTransient posted...

I wouldn't even consider a smart TV. I've used them a couple of times and they're just frustrating and slow. Much rather plug a PC or an Android dongle into a regular TV.

Can you even buy non-smart tvs anymore? Im not talking about cheap shit tvs you buy from aldi
Like is there a 4k, oled, 65inch, hdr, wall mountable, 60fps or more dream tv but with no smarts?

No idea. I generally don't splurge on high-end TVs. I'll pay for size or resolution, but I won't pay just for a fancy brand rather than a generic one.
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Rika_Furude posted...

DarkTransient posted...

I wouldn't even consider a smart TV. I've used them a couple of times and they're just frustrating and slow. Much rather plug a PC or an Android dongle into a regular TV.

Can you even buy non-smart tvs anymore? Im not talking about cheap shit tvs you buy from aldi
Like is there a 4k, oled, 65inch, hdr, wall mountable, 60fps or more dream tv but with no smarts?

Yes, we (Walmart at least) still sells plenty of them.
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Even if you could only buy a smart TV you could just leave it offline and connect to whatever through your preferred game console.
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Chromecast is a great value and the google play app and the youtube app is a good source and I believe works with android.
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I always assume that "very cheap but good" products have a catch somewhere. Now that we've found out about Huawei, OnePlus and Vizio, it just reinforces that to me.
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Thank you so much Bush for letting this happen in the first place and thank you soo much Obama for increasing it. America sure is a great country right?! America is number ?! America isn't a hypocritical piece of shit country that exploties it's non rich populace every fucking day right?! THAT'S FAKE NEWS YOU COMMUMISTS!!! !
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Coffeebeanz posted...

I always assume that "very cheap but good" products have a catch somewhere. Now that we've found out about Huawei, OnePlus and Vizio, it just reinforces that to me.

Most do, but there are exceptions (eg. Meizu, who's only catch is somewhat limited band range).
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If they wanna sell the fact that I binge the same seven shows over and over so they can adjust the ads I never see then who fucking cares
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I dunno why somebody would want to spy on me eating popcorn and masturbating. More power to em.
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SauI_Goodman posted...

I dunno why somebody would want to spy on me eating popcorn and masturbating. More power to em.

They didn't use the camera, as far as we know anyways.. lol
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