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Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows (arstechnica.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50166453

Most "Smart" TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), essentially taking snapshots every 10+ms of what you watch and hear, then forwarding & selling that data to companies for ads, etc. I now feel it's only a matter of time before this "feature" finds its way to our ever "smarter" PC monitors.

LG with the help of Windows is already installing adware when the right Device ID is detected.

☑️ To disable ACR on TV: https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how-to-disable-acr-tv/

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago

This is interesting, but the following is not intuitive in relation to displaying ads on a display device:

Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata

It confuses me what people say Linux is hard.

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