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LG Denies Its TVs Are Spying on You (Unless You Opted In)
gizmodo.com/lg-denies-its-tvs-are-spying-on-you-unless-you-opted-in-2000810968posted in Technology
LG Denies Its TVs Are Spying on You (Unless You Opted In)
gizmodo.com/lg-denies-its-tvs-are-spying-on-you-unless-you-opted-in-2000810968Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
Surprise surprise… By default you’re opted-in. I dunno probably, I didn’t read the article.
Replying to @Seaguy05@lemmy.world
I didn’t read it to but probably mandatory otherwise you can not use the tv
Replying to @Frettchen@lemmy.world
You don’t have to opt in to anything. Even if you use the tv as a dumb disply with hdmi only it still spies on you.
Replying to @tgf@lemmy.world
And then there are your neighbours’ tvs to still spy on you too.
Replying to @Seaguy05@lemmy.world
It's opt in, but tge article explains that it's nestled among a bunch of eulas that you have to click through, so unless you obsessively check which checkboxes don't have to be checked, you're going to find yourself opted in.
And the default button is ‘select all’
Replying to @Seaguy05@lemmy.world
That is called opt-out though.
Replying to @Seaguy05@lemmy.world
It’s dark patterned to be opt-in
Replying to @Seaguy05@lemmy.world
correct! the opt-in is served to the user in the initial setup, hidden in the user agreement screens… and it takes 5 different steps to turn off
It’s technically opt in, but they do the whole “you can’t use most of the TV’s functions unless you opt in, and we’re going to remind you of that every day or two until someone using the TV eventually hits Accept” dark pattern BS.
Replying to @Carl@anarchist.nexus
Yeah how does that work legally? My toddler pressed ok in the tv and I entered a contract where I forfeited my right to privacy?