CTV industry’s unprecedented “surveillance”
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48-page report citing Ars Technica urges FTC, FCC investigate connected TV data harvesting. Gen AI, potentially racially discrimniatory practices head concerns.

48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting.

The companies behind the streaming industry, including smart TV and streaming stick manufacturers and streaming service providers, have developed a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,” according to a report from the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) published today and sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Unprecedented tracking techniques aimed at pleasing advertisers have resulted in connected TVs (CTVs) being a “privacy nightmare,” according to Jeffrey Chester, report co-author and CDD executive director, resulting in calls for stronger regulation.

  • @fine_sandy_bottom
    1•1 month ago

    Yeah. All good points. Sorry you threw me earlier when you said something about connecting via HDMI.

    I respect anyone’s freedom to choose whatever hardware they want and accept that Apple may be a very good solution, but I just couldn’t stomach it myself.

    You can control Kodi from an app on your phone. It’s just like a tv remote. I think the UI is pretty great honestly. Hard to imagine anything significantly better or more user friendly.

    I think the basic problem is that we bought the biggest cheapest TV we could. The manufacturer had no budget for UX, so we ended up with a dogs ass.