Hacker News with Generative AI: Smart TVs

Watching TV with the Second-Party: A First Look at Automatic Content Recognitio (arxiv.org)
Smart TVs implement a unique tracking approach called Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to profile viewing activity of their users.
Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second (newscientist.com)
Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple snapshots of what you are watching every second – even when they are being used as external displays for your laptop or video game console.
Automatic Content Recognition Tracking in Smart TVs (arxiv.org)
LG Smart TVs have security bugs that could let hackers hijack them (qz.com)