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Your Vizio smart TV is sharing information with marketers

article published on 15 November, 2015

Vizio's smart TVs are tracking your viewing habits and sharing it with advertisers - and you probably don't even know it's happening. Dubbed "Smart Interactivity," the tracking method is turned on by default for over 10 million smart TVs the company has sold in the past few years. Vizio confirms this is true, saying in a statement that "customers'non-personal identifiable information ... [ read the full article ]

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omendata
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_ 		15. November 2015 @ 21:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You get what you pay for Vizio are utterly shit tv's.

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8686
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_ 		15. November 2015 @ 22:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So how do we turn it off then?
Vizios r good. I love mine. Cnet rates them high.
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DXR88
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_ 		16. November 2015 @ 01:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by omendata:
 You get what you pay for Vizio are utterly shit tv's.
I've a Vizio that's out lasted a Samsung an LG and a Sony the Samsung died do to really crappy logic board layout, the LG Started Generating Tab Errors, and the Sony Needed a new PowerBoard.

The Vizio did die eventually but it was a simple cap repair the others needed full on diagnostics and part replacements. They lack features, but IMHO that's a plus.

For the whole knowing what you watch and IP Address lookup. Nielsen/content providers have been doing it since tubes and most decent ISP will not let that information go.
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ilikefree
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_ 		16. November 2015 @ 06:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by 8686:
 So how do we turn it off then?
Vizios r good. I love mine. Cnet rates them high.
Cnet is not a company with a very good reputation so I wouldn't let their rating it highly count for much.
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shit doesnt just happen theres always an arsehole involved
scorpNZ
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_ 		16. November 2015 @ 18:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cnet's world wide rank is 145 out of 1000 most popular sites,that sure is some not very good rep..lol..

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Change dns server setting in your modem/router to open dns,google or comodo.Doing so will mask your ip.
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Bozobub
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_ 		17. November 2015 @ 01:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Er, what?! Changing your DNS will do absolutely nothing of the sort; you'd need a VPN for that.

Edit -> Although changing your DNS is often very useful for bypassing various website restrictions by ISPs.
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