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Adi
Adi
2/8/2017 5:57:16 AM
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Re: Got our back
Your tax dollars at work, dmendyk. Many thanks, from all of us.

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dmendyk
dmendyk
2/8/2017 9:37:34 AM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
There was an epic fairy tale produced by HBO about North Jersey not too long ago. It was called The Sopranos.

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srufolo1
srufolo1
2/8/2017 2:09:13 PM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
@dmendyk True, and it pissed my sister off because she lives in the "nice part of town" and it gives NJ a bad image. That and that other show, what was that called, "Jersey Shore," because she also has a beachhouse in the area where they filmed that garbage, and she said, "Why can't they ever show the genteel side of life" on "Reality" shows? I said because that wouldn't sell!

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srufolo1
srufolo1
2/8/2017 2:15:02 PM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
@elizabethv Of course they will have to punish the little guy, like Vizio, first for what the big guys have been doing all along. I don't ever remember Facebook asking my permission for anything! Yet, I get all kinds of ads. It's scary because sometimes it's like they know I was on a particular site, for example, searching for appliances. Suddenly, that very refrigerator from Sears pops up on my site. So weird ... and unnerving. Sometimes it seems like I am entrusting Mark Zuckerberg with my whole life.

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vnewman
vnewman
2/9/2017 1:36:18 PM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
Wow!  How embarrasing for them!  I just checked the privacy statement on Vizio's website and it looks like the last time it was updated was December 10, 2016 - I wonder what it said before this.  It appears they share a great deal of information with third-parties.  If you don't connect your TV to the internet, then I guess you don't have to worry about it.  But, by default, if you do,the feature is automatically turned on.

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mhhf1ve
mhhf1ve
2/9/2017 2:19:29 PM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
Did anyone see how much $$ Vizio might have gained from the sale of the data they collected? If it was more than the court-ordered fine, then that's not really a disincentive for any other company to try this kind of sneaky data collection. 

I assume Vizio didn't actually turn a profit from this, and the damage to its reputation might hurt its bottom line, too.

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dcawrey
dcawrey
2/9/2017 3:20:43 PM
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Re: Violation of Privacy
This is a bit scary. Because companies like Netflix and Facebook collect so much data, it seems like others now think it's all okay to just take personal data. 

I can say I'm not a fan. We haven't seen the implications of all our personal data being exposed to these companies. 

But someday I think we will. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
2/10/2017 8:23:40 AM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
@srufuolo1 - Oh they know what you're looking at when you're not on Facebook. And they definitely carry it over to your Facebook to remind you of it. And you did agree to it, you probably just didn't notice, because it was a required part of downloading the app/signing on to Facebook as a user. It's in the small print. We have all signed our lives away to the technology gods..... 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
2/10/2017 8:26:42 AM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
@vnewman - The crazy thing is that they didn't have someone to stop them from moving forward without making the user agree to the terms and conditions. It seems like it would be just as easy as everyone else makes it, don't let someone passed the screen where they have to agree, until they agree. I thought it was common sense that a company needed to get a users permission for that kind of thing. It makes me wonder if they worried someone would read the conditions, then put it in a review and it would cost them sales. Though in the long run, I think this will hurt their sales far more than any user agreement would have. 

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srufolo1
srufolo1
2/10/2017 12:37:10 PM
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Re: Spying Not So Smart on TVs
@mhhf1ve Both good points. It would not even be a fine if they made more from the sale of people's data. And, I agree, who could trust a company that would deploy such dishonest tactics. It's sure to damage both Vizio's reputation, and its bottom line.

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