11 million TV sets szpiegowało their owners – Interia

the Federal trade Commission fined the company Vizio for spying their users.

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Television can be as dangerous as computers or smartphones /©123RF/PICSEL

still, in the subject of privacy threats, focusing on development mostly on computers and smartphones, as they seemed the biggest threat. Meanwhile, as revealed by the Federal trade Commission (FTC), threat can be a TV.

the latest information suggests that the American company Vizio used about 11 million units to track the actions of users who used its products. The operating system of the receivers was to capture the image on the screen, compare it against previously obtained information about the persons using them. It is important to note that all the data is then sold to advertisers who could based on them to better customize advertising.

the practice Itself is not something new to modern marketing, and there would be nothing wrong in it, however if you previously gave her consent. Company Vizio didn’t ask for, and in this regard, the FTC has imposed on the manufacturer a fine of $ 2.2 million and was forced to remove all illegally collected data.

the Case is so ominous, it is not known whether these practices were not so far discovered, and which other devices are not involved. One thing, however, undoubtedly, in the era of the Internet of things, privacy is almost non-existent.