LG Isn't the Only TV Company Spying on You

Whoops! Are you sure that you want to disable data collection on your TV? Walmart, Roku, and other TV companies sure would love for you not to. It may mean missing out on the smart features of your TV, but that's the price we're being asked to pay for our TVs now—often without true informed consent. Links Read more about our full investigation: https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/resea... Our VPN privacy investigation:    • Can You Trust Your VPN? We Tested 15+ To F...   Learn how to set up a pi-hole to block ACR at the network level: https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/basic-i... --- 00:00 Intro 00:22 You're the product 00:56 ACR Explained 01:19 How we tested 01:58 The data 02:40 Everything you plug into your TV is tracked 03:11 Why is this happening 03:26 People don't know this is happening 04:16 Beam me up, Roku (you can't opt out) 05:04 Every TV calls ACR something different 05:30 Enhanced (ACR) "Picture Mode" 05:45 All hail Wal-Mart 06:14 Just ask Tozzi 06:37 What can you actually do about it? 07:18 Streaming scheming 08:04 Informed consent problem 08:25 Lawful solutions 08:47 Is it worth it? --- SUPPORT US Become a Member: https://www.rtings.com/join Careers: https://grnh.se/eb4de72f7us Join our newsletters: https://www.rtings.com/newsletters Join our Discord server:   / discord   Follow Us:   / rtingscom     / rtingsdotcom     / rtingsdotcom   We never accept sponsorships, and we make money directly from you via our membership program and through affiliate links. Learn more about how we make money while staying unbiased: https://www.rtings.com/company/how-we....