Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 11 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 11 months ago
Or just reading the file name on the DVD lol
casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Sure but this is actually Automatic Content Recognition, specifically Roku’s video ACR that takes snapshots twice a second.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 11 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 11 months ago
Only if the DVD player is built into the tv
KonalaKoala@lemmy.world 11 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!”