Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch

Posted by tortilla 14 hours ago

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Comment by smileybarry 12 hours ago

"All of the big TV makers" except Vizio which is owned by Walmart, of course, who happens to do ACR and ad targeting:

> In August 2015, Vizio acquired Cognitive Media Networks, Inc, a provider of automatic content recognition (ACR). Cognitive Media Networks was subsequently renamed Inscape Data. Inscape functioned as an independent entity until the end of 2020, when it was combined with Vizio Ads and SmartCast; the three divisions combining to operate as a single unit.[1]

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizio

Comment by zephyreon 13 hours ago

Perhaps the one thing Ken Paxton and I agree on.

Comment by 0cf8612b2e1e 13 hours ago

This seems out of character. Is Paxton looking for a bribe?

Comment by doctor_radium 13 hours ago

I was going to say, "at last, something good out of Texas". Maybe you're on to something?

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Comment by reallyhuh 11 hours ago

Pretty much all tech is spyware at this point. Tired of this nonsense.