Vizio TVs: ✅ stole your watching habits ✅ took your IP address ✅ tracked devices ✅ sold your identity to advertisers nitter.vloup.ch/terrenceobrien/s…

Feb 6, 2017 · 10:43 PM UTC

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many people did it by accident, some old tvs did it silently
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not "we're sorry" or "it was an accident" just "the court ordered us to tell you about it next time"
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Yes, tht works too, but it's a PITA. My criterion for a TV is that it not be "smart." @internetofshit
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good luck finding non-smart tvs now (
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Replying to @internetofshit
I tried to disable the wifi on my tv. It wouldn't let me! I finally had to manually assign it a bad IP address to stop it!
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@patdavid YouTube and FB also does it, I think
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Better would be to buy from vendors that don't include the shit. Vote with your dollars!
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Might have to go projector for that size without internet?
Dollar voting can be expensive! After all, they sell your info to reduce upfront price.
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