Your Smart TV May Be Tracking What You Watch

[Verdinut]

Here is How to Stop It:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/03/samsung-tvs-stop-spying-on-viewers-in-texas-heres-how-to-disable-acr-anywhere?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20260309_marchweeklynewsletter_v2_177278585408&utm_content=SmartTV

 

[Eppie]

Here is How to Stop It:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/03/samsung-tvs-stop-spying-on-viewers-in-texas-heres-how-to-disable-acr-anywhere?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20260309_marchweeklynewsletter_v2_177278585408&utm_content=SmartTV

You mean like here :

Stop your smart TV spying

Handy little article on ZDNet that explains how to turn off Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) on most major brands. This is insidious stuff that can capture images from your screen at two frames per second and sells that information to marketers for targeted ads. It is usually on by default...

forums.audioholics.com

It's worth repeating though. Very insidious stuff.

 

[lovinthehd]

One of the first things I did when setting up my new LG was to go thru and turn stuff like this off....got some guidance from a few youtubers offering a list of unnecessary things to turn off....

 

[mtrycrafts]

How old of a TV needs to be for this to be a problem.

 

[j_garcia]

That is, if you connect it to the internet. Literally the least secure device you own.

 

[mtrycrafts]

That is, if you connect it to the internet. Literally the least secure device you own.

I don't use it for internet. Cable TV channels to TiVo. Laptop to TV via HDMI. much easier to navigate my laptop for Netflix, etc.

 

[j_garcia]

I don't use it for internet. Cable TV channels to TiVo. Laptop to TV via HDMI. much easier to navigate my laptop for Netflix, etc.

I don't connect any of my TVs. Once in a while I will just to let it update, but then it gets disconnected.

 

[panteragstk]

I disabled my TV from reaching the internet. Only local control is available.

 

[Teetertotter?]

All 3 of our smart tv's have Tracking or related, turned off. All 3 tv's are connected to the internet for, Netflix, Prime, Paramount+, HBO/MAX, Disney+, HULU, and Peacock. Oh, yes, the camera is turned off on the latest TCL.