Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

dsilverz@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Did you go beyond the headline?

  They found the smart TVs did not appear to upload any screenshots or audio data when streaming from Netflix or other third-party apps, mirroring YouTube content streamed on a separate phone or laptop or when sitting idle. But the smart TVs did upload snapshots when showing broadcasts from the TV antenna or content from an HDMI-connected device.

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  • Takumidesh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So an HDMI connected device that is streaming Netflix is getting screenshot?

    I mean, even if it wasn’t a streaming service, but let’s say, video game content, or a blu ray, that is still a violation, and of course, if I’m playing content I made, then it’s violating my copyright.

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  • seejur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Does it means that it broadcast my chrome browser if connected through HDMI? If I check for a password in the password manager in chrome, it fucking Sens my password to Samsung?

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes and no. Supposedly the resolution is not in 4K or even 1080p, but something much lower that is still enough to identify content, like shows, movies and ads, but not enough to make out minute detail.

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  • Spur4383@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Because your laptop cannot have Netflix, or a DRM enabled browser?

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      No, the point here is that if you use the “smart” features, which includes running apps from their appstore, like Netflix or Disney+, it will not send the data. But if you connect your laptop via HDMI and then play Netflix in your browser, it will, because it’s not smart enough to recognize and differentiafe video and audio data coming in through that port. I don’t think it matters if it’s a DRM enabled browser or not. It should be acting as a second monitor only in those cases, nothing more.

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    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It may be them either not trespassing their territory (as a part of a deal or as a precaution) or TV apps sharing\telegraphing that info without the need of screen cap analysis as they work on TV itself and may as well be special modified apks. At least, they differed

      Laptop sends only it’s video and audio outputs, apps’ code executes at it’s hardware, so TV needs a workaround to know what you are watching. And as it’s incapable of such analysis itself, it channels that data to it’s real owner.

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  • _number8_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    so? we aren’t allowed to take netflix screenshots at all

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Says who?

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