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How to Turn Off Smart TV Automatic Content Recognition

Found on 18 December 2023 via Mastodon 472

via TidBITS (@TidBITS@mastodon.social): How to Turn Off Smart TV “Automatic Content Recognition”

Smart TVs use automatic content recognition (ACR) to screenshot everything you watch twice per second, sending data back for targeted advertising — regardless of whether content comes from cable, streaming, or a game console. The Markup provides instructions for turning ACR off on Roku, Samsung, and LG TVs, though it takes between 10 and 37 clicks depending on the platform.

How to Turn Off Smart TV Automatic Content Recognition - TidBITS

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