Consumer Alert: Your smart TV is spying on you!
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:19 am
News 3 - 2/23/2017 - Zaneta Lowe - MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- It seems your smart television is smarter than you might think! WREG uncovered a secret, privacy concern staring consumers right in the face. Next time you plop down on the couch to watch television, just know, your TV is watching you too. Jim Willcox, Senior Electronics Editor at Consumer Reports, started writing about what's called Automated Content Recognition two years ago. "When you're connected to the internet, basically, they can see your IP address and because of that, they're able to track what you're doing. So they can see all the things that you're viewing," explained Willcox. Think of it as the way your TV knows you like, for example, The Big Bang Theory, then makes similar recommendations. Read more @ http://wreg.com/2017/02/23/consumer-ale ... ng-on-you/