583
‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition (www.techradar.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
73 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a suit on Monday against Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL, and Hisense, claiming in a press release that they "have been unlawfully collecting personal data through Automated Content Recognition ("ACR”) technology."

Paxton goes on to label ACR as "an uninvited, invisible digital invader," and in one of the five separately filed suits, he calls Samsung TVs "a mass surveillance system."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 82 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

5 quick bribes later:

Ken Paxton and Governor Greg Abbott announce new initiative to forcibly ensure working ACR in all Texans' TVs and reporting where they've directed, "to protect children from harmful content"

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Hmm yes you see we've realised that in order to prosecute the microscopic fraction of people who might be inexplicably watching CSAM on their smart TV, we need to spy on every single person on the planet.

    And since we have that data anyway,we're gonna monetize the ever loving fuck out of it.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •