From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv
On 1/20/26 3:58 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-01-20 08:43:05 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
On 1/15/26 9:50 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-01-16 03:13:57 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
Texas Sues Sony, HiSense, TCL, LG and Samsung for spying through their TVs >>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viKdo5T7gZw
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-paxton-sues-five-major-tv-companies-including-some-ties-ccp-spying-texans
I haven't read all these, but there's five court filings, worth downloading and keeping, somewhat repetitious but different:
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Sony%20TV%20Petition%20Filed.pdf
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Samsung%20TV%20Petition%20Filed.pdf
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/LG%20TV%20Petition%20Filed.pdf
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/TCL%20TV%20Petition%20Filed.pdf
https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Hisense%20TV%20Petition%20Filed.pdf
Their supposed consent to do this isn't there, no disclosures are made to the consumer, and the consumer is not paid for the data that is stolen.
First there is the crime of violating privacy, then there is the crime of selling the stolen data to parties kept secret from the consumer. This is fraud, no matter what way you look at it.
Hooray for Texas, for at least the pretense of taking corporate crime seriously, as opposed to California, the land of the unenforced consumer protection law.
Oh dear, tin-foil hat sales are about to soar. The looney conspiracy nutters are crawling out of the woodwork again (no doubt lead by the big orange moron in the White House and his brainless chums). :-\
Even *IF* you devices were actually "spying", they don't contain any details about you personally ... when did you enter your name, address, etc. into your smart TV?!? Hell, your bank, government tax department, etc. already has far more information about you personally than any smart device can ever obtain. :-\
Corporations conduct more surveillance against private citizens than do governments, 1000 to 1, and you insist it is harmless, even if illegal?
It's simply conspiracy nutter nonsense by the woo-woo brigade. Tin foil hats are in aisle 7. :-\
I'm more for strong consumer protection, so naturally
people should be skeptical of the claim that Business
Is Always Right, Customers Are Always Wrong. As
described in the controversy about this issue, buyers are
being defrauded.
The looney tin-foil woo-woo is saying that Trump is
behind the Consumer Rights movement, I wish, but
that's not the case.
I can add that these TV companies also violate
California's laws on disclosures and warranty
repairs.
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