Samsung TV owners report removing tracking and ads with AI

Samsung TV owners are using AI coding tools to strip tracking and ads from their sets. Here's what you need to know.

On Oct 21, Jake Stevens (@stake_jevens) posted that he removed Samsung's spyware from his TV using Codex. He says Claude refused to root the TV. The post passed 870K views.

He says Samsung packs in bloat that tracks you and sells your data. What he turned off: the TV screenshotting your screen a few times a second to fingerprint what you stream, reading your HDMI inputs to do the same while a game console is plugged in, and Bixby wake-word detectors listening to what is said at home. He says the TV ended up 3x faster, and his before and after video shows it.