Smart TV surveillance

3 scientific papers examine just how much data is sent back to advertisers and service providers from Smart TV’s and IoT devices:

When we watch TV, our TVs watch us back and track our habits. This practice has exploded recently since it hasn’t faced much public scrutiny. But in the last few days, not one but *three* papers have dropped that uncover the extent of tracking on TVs. Let me tell you about them.

— Arvind Narayanan (@random_walker) September 27, 2019

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“Watching You Watch: The Tracking Ecosystem of Over-the-Top TV Streaming Devices”

“Information Exposure From Consumer IoT Devices”

“IoT Inspector: Crowdsourcing Labeled Network Traffic from Smart Home Devices at Scale“