{"id":260745,"date":"2024-09-25T00:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T00:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:09","slug":"smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/24181055\/SEI_222988563.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2449336\" data-caption=\"Smart TVs watch everything on the screen\" data-credit=\"Shutterstock\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Smart TVs watch everything on the screen<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Popular smart TV models made by Samsung and LG can take multiple snapshots of what you are watching every second \u2013 even when they are being used as external displays for your laptop or video game console.<\/p>\n<p>Smart TV manufacturers use these frequent screenshots, as well as audio recordings, in their automatic content recognition systems, which track viewing habits in order to target people with specific advertising. 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