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aquirlast Friday at 1:45 PM5 repliesview on HN

Don’t ever connect your TV to the internet?


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sys_64738last Friday at 7:16 PM

I'm expecting that later ones will contain methods to get out however they can, whether that's connecting to xfinity free wifi, connecting to a satellite, or having a cheap cell connection that is always on. They want your data and will do their damnedest to get it with/without your permission. Geolocation will be found. I'd expect they'll scan your local wifi SSIDs and send those too and ethernet MAC address to figure out who you are. There must be methods of using this info to wrangle your identity for marketing purposes.

cghlast Saturday at 12:43 AM

There are still annoyances. Our TV finds every opportunity to send you to its home screen of apps, requiring me to reset the input to the PS5 that we use for Netflix etc. And regardless, I don't want to pay for a lousy customised Android with a bunch of crappy apps preinstalled.

nottorplast Saturday at 8:43 AM

Better be far enough from the neighbor's password less wifi.

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rationalistlast Friday at 11:49 PM

Don't ever let anyone else connect your TV to the internet either.

M95Dlast Friday at 1:55 PM

They nag.

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