Reply to post: Re: Can you opt out of the data collection on smart TVs?

Reg reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere

Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: Can you opt out of the data collection on smart TVs?

Can you opt out of that stuff? I would have thought you should be able to. If not, are there not implications regarding GDPR?

I think the best opt-out is the one the reader has chosen. Deny ad spammers access to money. If the Samsung's own ads gloss over this issue, might also be worth reporting them to the ASA for misrepresenting their products and deceiving customers.

Oh.. And pi-holes. Now I'm wondering how hard it'd be to modify it to generate spurious traffic in an attempt to poison & devalue data companies are trying to slurp.

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