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Your phone isn't secretly listening to you, but the truth is more disturbing

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369 points zeech | 2 comments | 26 Apr 25 00:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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wrs ◴[26 Apr 25 02:09 UTC] No.43800298[source]▶
BTW, "smart" TVs send screenshots too. [0]

[0] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3646547.3689013

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microflash ◴[26 Apr 25 03:28 UTC] No.43800681[source]▶
We’ve reached the state where you can safely presume anything “smart” is violating your privacy.
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EasyMark ◴[26 Apr 25 17:17 UTC] No.43805398[source]▶
yeah, I liked the simplicity of having things on my tv, but I gave up and got an apple tv box. I was getting way too many "I was just talking about that!" ads on some of the "free" services i was watching old tv shows and movies on. I'm a pretty frugal guy for the most part but buying a separate box that doesn't sell everything you do and say to advertisers is worth it.
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1. wrs ◴[26 Apr 25 22:45 UTC] No.43807904[source]▶
According to the paper, your TV may send snapshots even when it’s in a “dumb” HDMI input mode. So make sure it’s not on the network at all.
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2. EasyMark ◴[29 Apr 25 03:04 UTC] No.43828351[source]▶
yeah, to be on my home network you need a password. there are no "guest" networks. good point though