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@moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

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@moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago
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TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
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      Experian has a program where you connect your bank account and they monitor transactions for things that could improve your credit by a couple points. I’m sure they’re not also harvesting the rest of your data to use in their analytics, right?

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      My jaw dropped when I saw that. Not sure how many people are aware if it.

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        That deserves to be its own headline. Something like “consumer electronics companies now conspiring with credit rating companies to surveil the public even more invasively.”

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