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Do you have a source for the screenshot thing?


It's called automatic content recognition (ACR). Most systems take low resolution (about 640x480 or 320x240) black and white screenshots at regular intervals, compress them do death, and upload that to big brother. That's more than enough to determine what specific kink or style of porn you're into, if you make the mistake of thinking that watching that kind of stuff in the privacy of your own home is private.

https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/how...


A quick search points me to [1]. Granted, it does not contain further links but there should be enough names to find more.

1. https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/12/11/smart-tvs-take-screensho...




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