Spy TV

Yep. TV that spies on you.

LG promises update for 'spying' smart TV

 

LG has admitted it continued collecting data on viewing habits even after users had activated a privacy setting designed to prevent it.

The television maker has apologised to its customers and told the BBC it would issue an update to correct the problem.
UK-based IT consultant Jason Huntley, who raised the issue in a blog, welcomed the "positive step".




The point here is the TV was spying on you in the first place.  Tracking your habits , and adjusting what commercials it shows you , in other words, targetted advertising.
The fact that it had controls  hidden away somewhere to turn off spying is irrelevant because they usually hide them so well most users can't find them.  The fact that those controls didn't work is just gravy on top of it all.

Why is targetted advertising evil ? Why is showing you stuff you might be interested in a bad thing ?
Because they tack a little extra onto the price if they know you're interested.  Because you can't do research for a friend on something anymore because the prices they quote you will be different than the prices they would quote him.

And because you're no longer dealing with a reputable company.  Providing controls that they know don't work is the same thing as lying.  LG and Samsung are no longer reputable companies.  And the problem is , everyone does this kind of thing , and demands the consumer accept being lied to on a regular basis.

Everyone wants you to join their social website , so they can spam you with targetted ads.
Everyone wants you to watch their internet TV , so they can spam you with targetted ads.
Everyone wants to track your computer across all sorts of web sites and see what you're interestd in , build a profile on you , so they can spam you.

They are predators , and you are the prey . And their intentions are hostile. (At least financially) 

How would you like your boss to get a list of all the TV shows you've been watching , cheap , for just a few dollars ? Every post you made on face book , every news article you read . How about a lawyer ? Did you get into a car accident recdently ? Going through a nasty divorce and there's mud slinging all over the place ? How would you like to lose custody of the children because some lawyer supena'd your TV company and sold the judge on the notion that the TV you watch is innappropriate for children ? Or that you watch waaaay too many beer commercials you must be an alchoholic ?

Letting them build a profile on you , be it TV you watch , websits you visit , etc , screws you for hunting for jobs , screws you if you ever try and make an insurance claim , screws you in any divorce , just generally screws you whenever someone gets to go rooting through it looking for dirt and making no attempt at a fair assessment of your charactar.  They'll point out the bad and totally ignore the good and thats all anyone will see.

Letting them make a profile of you will get you in a lot of trouble , and is to be fought at every turn.

Or you can just get a job at walmart for the minimum wage and give up on every winning a court case against any insurance company. Heck , don't bother with insurance they'll never pay out anyways , not with your profile.