EPISODE · Feb 9, 2017 · 5 MIN
How To Stop Your Smart TV From Spying on You
from What's New · host SpokenLayer
This week, Vizio, which makes popular, high-quality, affordable TV sets, agreed to pay a $2.2 million fine to the FTC. As it turns out, those same TVs were also busily tracking what their owners were watching, and shuttling that data back to the company’s servers, where it would be sold to eager advertisers. That’s every bit as gross as it sounds, but Vizio’s offense was one of degree, not of kind. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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