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They were caught uploading screenshots from content played on smart TVs. Ostensibly to sell ad tracking info like a Nielsen TV, but I'm pretty sure it meant they were capturing people's desktops with confidential corporate info etc. if you used the TV as a monitor.

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/samsung-smart-tvs...



This isn't just Samsung! Nearly all of them use ACR [1].

[1] https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-t...




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