Your smart TV shipped with privacy settings nobody reads and most people never change. In this episode of SipCyber, Jen Lotze visits Revelry Brewing on Folly Beach, South Carolina, to unpack one of the most overlooked data collection features in the average American home: Automatic Content Recognition, or ACR.
ACR doesn't just track what you stream on Netflix. It identifies everything appearing on your screen — cable channels, gaming consoles, HDMI-connected devices — and uses that data to fuel advertising profiles and recommendation engines. It was on when you unboxed the TV. Most people have no idea.
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This one isn't about stopping a hacker. It's about understanding the technology already sitting in your living room — and making an informed choice about what it knows.
☕ Featured Brewery: Revelry Brewing, Folly Beach, SC
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