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The TVs aren't "Smart" for the consumers. They are "Smart" for the producers/advertisers/etc that want to data mine your television consumption (now including various streaming services).



There you go. Weren't LG smart TVs found to phone home the file names of media you play on it off your own external storage? No thanks.


Wow, I had no idea this[0] was a real thing. This actually makes me more nervous than Kinect webcam thing which is just small piece of duct tape away from getting resolved.

[0] http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/smart-tv-from-lg-pho...


Samsung Smart TVs have a dubious track record on security/privacy issues, too:

http://mashable.com/2013/08/02/samsung-smart-tv-hack/




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