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‘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)
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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."

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[–] 52 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Since this is Texas, I'm predicting the suit will be settled once they secure a contract that ensures they get copies of every collection in Texas, indexed by name, address, and if available, SSN in perpetuity.

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  • [–] 16 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    And if they watch liberal or spanish-language programming.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    So basically everyone far enough South? Narrows down pretty easily once you can determine where Tejano radio stations are broadcast, no awkwardly invasive tech required at all, just good old classic detective work that only requires a modicum of critical thought!

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