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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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

submitted 2 months ago by overflow64@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This. We have not owned a TV since the very early 00s, when we realized they wanted us to pay in order to watch... ads. More and more of them.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

When I moved, I just didn’t plug the TV in at the new place. Instead, I started using it exclusively as a monitor for my HTPC. Watching online videos on a bigger screen is just so much nicer. Besides, ublock origin is doing a good job blocking all the nonsense a smart TV is designed to show you. When visiting friends and family, I end up watching normal TV a little bit, and I can’t say I miss any of that.