Comrade Weez@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange since ordinary TV sets don't have any means of reporting viewing, watch if you want. Nobody will know. Ratings are derived from 'people meter' data from households enrolled with Nielsen. @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
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Only your hairdresser^WCable TV Receiver knows for sure.
Comrade Weez@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange Even on cable, your TV is a dumb display terminal. A stack of signals comes down the pipe and your TV can tune any of them, without any reporting of what it's doing. Only on internet based systems (eg Paramount+) can there be any stats compiled. @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
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It depends upon the cable system. If there is a receiver box involved, they definitely could track which channels your watch and when.