🦔A security researcher took apart his own Samsung TV and says its software screenshots what’s on the screen and uses AI to label the sounds in the room, all for ad targeting. If the TV has no microphone, he says it looks for one on a connected soundbar. Samsung hasn’t responded, and other researchers haven’t confirmed the findings yet. My Take I think most people assume their TV just plays whatever they pick. For the companies that make them, the TV is also an ad business, and Vizio said years ago it earned more profit from ads and viewer data than from selling the sets. Texas sued Samsung and four other TV makers last year over screenshot tracking. If this researcher is right, AI now lets the TV label what it hears in your living room too, without ever sending a recording anywhere. According to Texas, Samsung made opting out take more than 15 clicks while opting in took one, and I don’t see that as an accident. The consent is technically there, but most people never find it. More states will go after this, and until the rules force a simple yes or no at setup, the easiest fix is keeping the TV off your Wi-Fi and plugging in a streaming box. Hedgie🤗