Vizio smart TVs are ignoring tracking opt-outs, continue to send data even when sitting idle

For the study, researchers at Northeastern University tested 12 smart TVs from 10 manufacturers. Together, those sets run the eight operating systems behind roughly 95% of US smart TVs. Every viewing scenario – antenna, HDMI, streaming apps and more – ran 30 times with automatic content recognition (ACR) turned on....

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