{
  "id": 17999832,
  "title": "Vizio smart TVs are ignoring tracking opt-outs, continue to send data even when sitting idle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/vizio-smart-tvs-are-ignoring-tracking-opt-outs-continue-to-send-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114427-vizio-smart-tvs-appear-ignore-tracking-opt-outs.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For the study, researchers at Northeastern University tested 12 smart TVs from 10 manufacturers. Together, those sets run the eight operating systems behind roughly 95% of US smart TVs. Every viewing scenario – antenna, HDMI, streaming apps and more – ran 30 times with automatic content recognition (ACR) turned on.... Read Entire Article",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}