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Campaigns Can Now See What You Watch on TV. (www.notus.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Televisions that can stream platforms like Hulu or Max usually come loaded with technology that collects information on what viewers are watching, and buyers consent to have their viewing tracked when they open their new TV and click through terms of service agreements. Sometimes, data firms can connect those viewing habits to a voter’s phone or laptop via their IP address, promising a trove of information about an individual and the ability to track them across screens.

Other times, firms focus on dividing households into groups based on what they’re watching, how they use their TVs and how many campaign ads they’re seeing, which is a boon to political campaigns eager to target specific groups of voters. Connecting this data to voter files is increasingly a focus — a move that adds individual voting habits into the mix.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I wish there were more high quality dumb TVs. Most of the dumb TVs I can find today are both very expensive and lack the features I’m looking for like HDR and 120hz+ frame rates.

I know the argument is that the privacy invasions are subsidizing the cost of the TV but I have yet to see non-anecdotal evidence of that and suspect that the price of the TV would be the same either way because the market will only support so much expense.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Where are you getting 120hz content for tv?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Game consoles

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

What I want to know also

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Game consoles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Look for commercial models.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Such as? If you have a reasonably priced OLED dumb tv with HDR and 120FPS up your sleeve you will be my favorite internet friend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

depends on where you are, I just know that looking at an upgrade earlier this year (I REFUSE smart tvs) we found better jobs on the commercial front.

Ironically we ended up scoring one from our local buy nothing group, but I did find https://hometheateracademy.com/best-dumb-non-smart-tvs/ if it helps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I grabbed a display TV and haven’t hooked it up to the internet, so far so good. Could look into that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I use computer monitors for TVs. Mostly because they're smaller and I don't have that much space for stuff. Most have all those features but don't have a smart interface. I plug them in over HDMI and make sure CEC is enabled so I can turn it on and off with a dumb remote the RasPi. Works pretty well actually.