Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’re taking pictures of what you’re watching on the screen and sending it to random 3rd party data collectors to analyze and then harass you with ads.
Deiv@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Or just reading the file name on the DVD lol
casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Sure but this is actually Automatic Content Recognition, specifically Roku’s video ACR that takes snapshots twice a second.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sure, but they do take snaps of the screen and send it to advertisers. Almost all “smart” TVs do this.
brlemworld@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Only if the DVD player is built into the tv
KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And then someone gets the idea to find a way to play a VHS instead and be like “Let’s see you read that, you fucking spying idiots!”