# Your TV is spying on you **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498 "2021-05-13T05:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/1 "2021-05-13T05:29:52Z")
For the paranoid among us… > **[How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features - Consumer Reports](https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/)** > > Smart TVs collect viewing data. Here's what you need to know to reduce the data collection for all the major brands of smart TVs. These TV privacy settings limit what manufacturers learn about you. > **[Facebook and Google have ad trackers on your streaming TV, studies find](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/studies-google-netflix-and-others-are-watching-how-you-watch-your-tv/?itm_source=parsely-api)** > > You just can’t get away from the big ad tech companies, it seems. > **[How to Turn Off Smart TV Snooping Features - Consumer Reports](https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/)** > > Smart TVs collect viewing data. Here's what you need to know to reduce the data collection for all the major brands of smart TVs. These TV privacy settings limit what manufacturers learn about you. > **[We Asked TV Owners to Find Their Privacy Settings. Here's What Happened. -...](https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/tvs/consumers-struggle-with-smart-tv-privacy-settings-a1509950873/)** > > A new Consumer Reports study on smart TV privacy and privacy settings shows that owners don't always know how much data their TVs collect, or how to take control. Enjoy… :wink: ---
**Author:** ![pinhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pinhead/32/123421_2.png) [@pinhead](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pinhead)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/2 "2021-05-13T11:35:25Z")
If my T.V. is watching me, it’s not going to like what it sees… 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Legit\_Yo-Yo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/legit_yo-yo/32/140700_2.png) [@Legit\_Yo-Yo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Legit_Yo-Yo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/3 "2021-05-13T11:41:08Z")
lolol ---
**Author:** ![HappyHands](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/happyhands/32/93016_2.png) [@HappyHands](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/HappyHands)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/4 "2021-05-13T18:23:19Z")
Still can’t stop me looking through your blinds at night…🌃 I mean not me, someone else, I’m warning you for a friend. ---
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/5 "2021-05-13T22:41:09Z")
They record just like Alexa too. There have been micro cameras found in led’s on some models. Amazon employee’s have been found with gig’s of files (audio and video) that are traded among them and others. Like the old photo mat albums of the past that employee’s across the country compiled and shared with each other. Just printed an extra copy! They group shared from department stores, drug stores, to Wolf camera at the mall. Some were caught with tens of thousands of naked photo’s of people and worse. 🤣 > **[Amazon confirms Alexa customer voice recordings are kept forever](https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-confirms-alexa-customer-voice-recordings-are-kept-forever/)** > > That is unless you know how to delete them manually. The ring door bell and Amazon hand over your footage without a warrant to police if asked. It is not considered your footage although they say it is. It’s been proven they do this without user consent and only ask for consent once they’ve watched it and determined the footage needs to be obtained ‘legally’. Although there have been cases where no permission was given and it was still used as evidence in court. > **[What happens when you share Ring footage with police](https://www.cnet.com/home/security/you-shared-ring-footage-with-police-they-may-share-it-too/)** > > Videos captured by Amazon's video doorbell company that are handed over to the police are fair game to be shared with other law enforcement agencies. ---
**Author:** ![yoyo911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f475e1/32.png) [@yoyo911](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo911)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/6 "2021-05-14T06:11:31Z")
That’s why I don’t activate these buggers… my tv doesn’t need to be smart I have an Xbox for that ---
**Author:** ![\_void](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/_void/32/179426_2.png) [@\_void](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/_void)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/your-tv-is-spying-on-you/338498/7 "2021-05-14T08:23:18Z")
What a mess. Thanks Cthulhu, all my TV’s are old and dumb, and don’t have cameras, microphones or any sort of internet connection.