A screensaver project to fight LG smart TVs' spying and forced ads
taylorfinley · hn · 2026-09-08
A popular HN post introduces weowntheglass.com, a 'screensaver' project for LG smart TVs designed to counter the platform's data collection and forced screensaver ads. Discussion centers on smart TV privacy: vendors use ACR and similar techniques to continuously report viewing habits, and user-side tools like this are one of the few countermeasures available.
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