The company LG, involved in a scandal with tracking users SmartTV, recognized facts transmission, even when this option is disabled tracking, reports CNET.
LG claims that the collection of data on viewing channels and media files used solely to provide users with relevant advertising and recommendations for viewing.«LG regrets the inconvenience that brought this functionality to users, and will strive to continue to meet the expectations of all our customers and the public," - said the representative of LG edition.
The Korean company is working to develop a software updatewhich will be fixed bug with sending information when this option is disabled, and firmware will be removed from the transfer function list files from USB-drives and external network drives.
informatia e luata de aici: http://habrahabr.ru/post/203354/
It all started with the fact that I noticed an advertisement that shows my new SmartTV from LG. After a little investigation, I came across a video for corporate customers, telling about advertising opportunities LG. Video is long enough, the bottom line is that the LG Smart Ad collects information about your favorite apps userhis behavior in the network, including the collection of keywords used in searches and other information on personal preferences. All this is used to display targeted advertising.
In fact, in the system settings there is an option «Collection of watching info» («The collection of information about viewing"), which is enabled by default. To see this setting, the user must scroll to the bottom of the menu. Also, this item is no context-sensitive help detailing options, in contrast to all other points.
I decided to do a little analysis of the traffic that sends TV. It was found that the traffic is sent regardless of whether the flag is set, allowing the collection of information or not.
mai multe aici: http://habrahabr.ru/post/202770/
concluzia este cu aceste updeturi vin multe surprize