TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

YOUR SMART TV KNOWS WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING

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Most modern Smart TVs are sold with Automatic Content Recognition enabled by default. This technology is used to collect data on everything you view and store it in a proprietary database for ad targeting. This article contains steps to disable Automatic Content Recognition on Roku, Samsung, and LG Smart TVs.