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Smart TVs: First, They Spied; Now They Are Being Programmed to Make Amends

posted by mrpg on Thursday September 13 2018, @08:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the program-no-evil dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for FatPhil

If those who purchased Vizio Smart TVs haven't heard that their Internet-connected devices collected information without affirmative express consent, they may be finding out about it directly from their Smart TV.

On Wednesday, attorneys in a class action lawsuit against Vizio over its data collection and dissemination practices asked a California federal judge to extend the time to submit a motion for a preliminary settlement. The settlement was originally scheduled to be detailed publicly on Sept. 12, but now the parties say they require a delay. Why?

According to court papers, "The Parties are developing a class notice program with direct notification to the class through VIZIO Smart TV displays, which requires testing to make sure any TV notice can be properly displayed and functions as intended. The additional time requested will allow the parties to confirm that the notice program proposed in the motion for preliminary approval is workable and satisfies applicable legal standards."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @02:52PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @02:52PM (#734849)

    Friend of mine asked the same question about his new credit card.
    Turns out there is a simple solution involving drilling a hole through the card to disable the antenna.

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday September 14 2018, @05:11PM

    by Freeman (732) on Friday September 14 2018, @05:11PM (#734912) Journal

    There is no "antenna" in your credit card.

    The "Magic" behind RFID:
    https://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationSafety/ElectromagneticCompatibilityEMC/ucm116647.htm [fda.gov]

    RFID tags come in two flavors, Active and Passive. Generally you're going to be seeing Passive RFID tags, because you don't have to worry about including a battery in your product. That doesn't help in regards to the security of the contents of the RFID tag, but drilling a hole in your credit card to "disable the antenna" isn't what you're doing. You're just killing the RFID tag. Which may or may not be advisable. In any event, the RFID tag in your credit card isn't magically sending out signals on it's own.

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