BY JAMIE TUCKER, Consumer Technology Reporter

Your TV is spying on you. But not in the way you might think. Some TVs do have cameras for video calls, but the real spying doesn’t come from a camera.

It happens behind the scenes. And it’s one reason you can get a 50″ smart TV, for around $200.

Smart TVs are designed to track what you watch, how long you watch it, and even what you

search for. Manufacturers call this “post-purchase monetization”. In other words, they keep

making money off your TV, long after you buy it. As you might imagine, manufacturers collect

the data and then sell it to advertisers who use it to send you targeted ads.

The data isn’t tied directly to your name but is tied to your home IP address where everything is

connected. So the ads you see on your TV can also

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