Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)
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Smart TVs of multiple brands have a feature called Automatic Content Recognition, which sends several screenshots per minute of whatever plays on the device to the manufacturer for analysis. This includes content from external inputs and thus could include private photos and videos of the user, as well as third parties who never agreed to anything of that nature. This is required to be opt-in in the US, but most people inadvertently agree to it with the EULA of the device. |
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Automatic Content Recognition (ARC) is a feature in certain kinds of devices manufacturers use to collect consumer data, visuals and audio, at periodic intervals, which grants the manufacturing companies access to the private data of consumers automatically. ACR allows the manufacturing companies of Smart TVs access to information like:
- Content being viewed
- Connected devices
- Time and date of the viewing
- Duration of the content