And unfortunately totally doesn't work for a "Smart TV" where you want the TV to be able to browse YouTube but you don't want it to send the names of your local files to anybody.
We need much more capable filtering.
It seems that because of these immoral corporations (hm, aren't they by definition that way?) we as users have to implement the "Great firewall of China" for our own networks. Bad times.
And as Terr_ notes on this page, we should actually fight for the legal mechanisms to forbid such practices and punish the companies who invade our privacy.
The UK (where these TVs are being sold), much like the rest of the EU, does have legal mechanisms to forbid such practices and punish infringers, under the Data Protection Act 1998 [1]. The fact that LG still sold these TVs in the UK shows that legal mechanisms are not sufficient.
Sure, one can argue that this particular mechanism is not sufficient, while others would be, but we often don't know that until the deed is done.
We need much more capable filtering.
It seems that because of these immoral corporations (hm, aren't they by definition that way?) we as users have to implement the "Great firewall of China" for our own networks. Bad times.
And as Terr_ notes on this page, we should actually fight for the legal mechanisms to forbid such practices and punish the companies who invade our privacy.