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Chinese television maker Skyworth has issued an apology after a consumer found that his set was quietly collecting a wide range of private data and sending it to a Beijing-based analytics company without his consent.
A network traffic analysis revealed that a Skyworth smart TV scanned for other devices connected to the same local network every 10 minutes and gathered data that included device names, IP addresses, network latency and even the names of other Wi-Fi networks within range, according to a post last week on the Chinese developer forum V2EX.
The data was sent to the Beijing-based firm Gozen Data, the forum user said. Gozen is a data analytics company that specialises in targeted advertising on smart TVs, and it calls itself China‘s first “home marketing company empowered by big data centred on family data”.
The user did not identify himself, and efforts to contact the person received no reply.
To be fair, I don't doubt that other manufacturers do the same thing.
Can you even buy a "dumb" TV these days?
The Shenzhen-based TV and set-top box maker issued a statement on April 27, saying it had ended its “cooperation” with Gozen and demanded the firm delete all its “illegally” collected data. Skyworth also said it had stopped using the Gozen app on its televisions and was looking into the issue.
ozen issued a statement on its website on the same day, saying its Gozen Data Android app could be disabled on Skyworth TVs, but it did not address the likelihood that users would be aware of this functionality. The company also apologised for “causing user concerns about privacy and security”.
When reached by the Post on Monday, Skyworth said in a statement that its products sold in Hong Kong had never been pre-installed with the Gozen application. “Data security and user privacy are our highest priorities ... we will continue to safeguard our users’ privacy, data, rights and interests.”
An e-mail to Gozen on Monday, a public holiday in mainland China, went unanswered.
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Chinese business ethics. Ain't none.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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Anytime you see the term “big data” in consumer product offerings, you are likely to find some data privacy practices that you’d find objectionable.
The EU has enacted data privacy laws that are relatively up-to-date with current technologies, some states (like California) have as well, but many other states have not. It’s either we get federal law around electronic data privacy or these other states’ people will continue to be have their electronic data privacy compromised without legal recourse.
You can also try to boycott all electronics that are made in China, to that I wish you good luck.
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I've been advocating some trust-busting concerning Big Tech. I have no objections to privacy legislation being included in the same bill.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@axtremus said in Repeat after me: "China is ...":
Anytime you see the term “big data” in consumer product offerings, you are likely to find some data privacy practices that you’d find objectionable.
The EU has enacted data privacy laws that are relatively up-to-date with current technologies, some states (like California) have as well, but many other states have not. It’s either we get federal law around electronic data privacy or these other states’ people will continue to be have their electronic data privacy compromised without legal recourse.
You can also try to boycott all electronics that are made in China, to that I wish you good luck.
Yeah we did the deal with the devil for cheap product and now we are addicted. It’s not too late to realize it and start unwinding. I think boycotts suck but I’m sick of the thoughts that China is not a problem or not solvable.
It’s time for the US to get aggressive and let Xi know the gig is up.
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@jolly said in Repeat after me: "China is ...":
I've been advocating some trust-busting concerning Big Tech. I have no objections to privacy legislation being included in the same bill.
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@aqua-letifer said in Repeat after me: "China is ...":
@jolly said in Repeat after me: "China is ...":
I've been advocating some trust-busting concerning Big Tech. I have no objections to privacy legislation being included in the same bill.
Think China when you think Big Tech. Same logic should apply.
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