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executioner, jihadi john ? all ahead six minutes from now. happening now. bill: thank you. jon. is your smart tv spying on you? tvs made by vizio, so viewers can be tracked across the phones, viewers everything. you re being watched, america. christina warren, mashable.com senior correspondent. it is on by default. yes. bill: unless you turn it off what is happening on these select smart tvs. unless you turn it off, what you re watching on regular television or netflix or had you lou set up is going back to vizio who has been selling information to other people. bill: so a smart tv works if you re running computer through the tv and surfing internet. they can do what then? what they can do, find out what you re watching and how long you re watching things. what types of consent you like. if using internet in the house to connect to the tv they cross