How smart TVs spy on you and harvest data
Briefly

"The US CTV streaming business has deliberately incorporated many of the data-surveillance marketing practices that have long undermined privacy and consumer protection in the 'older' online world of social media, search engines, mobile phones and video services such as YouTube."
"Millions of Americans are being forced to accept unfair terms in order to access video programming, which threatens their privacy and may also narrow what information they access - including the quality of the content itself."
"CTV has become a privacy nightmare for viewers," lamented Jeff Chester, executive director of CDD and co-author of the report.
"The proliferation of FAST channels like Tubi enables marketers to engage in enhanced product placement by incorporating their brands directly into programming content to target individual viewers."
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