Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting.

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CTV industry’s unprecedented “surveillance”
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Knowing the distribution of what entire households watch is very useful. It's not about spying on you personally.

And what other devices are on the network, and what they're chattering about

It is also about spying on you personally, to build targeted advertising profiles.