Researchers: Smart TVs from Samsung, LG and others are sending sensitive user data to partner tech firms even when devices are idle. Princeton University researchers: 72 of the devices sent data to a destination that was not the device manufacturer itself. Washington Post reporter: Its like your TV is following you around, he Tweeted of his own smart TV watching habits. Eighty-nine percent of Amazon Fire TV channels and 69 percent of Roku channels contained trackers collecting information about viewing habits.”]