My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force me to use a new app

Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by squarefoot on Sunday April 01, 2018 @10:32AM (#16728469)

"I really wish that @Google provided a TV box that was the full Android TV, but that was vanilla Google with the ability to install @netflix, @BBCiPlayer, @mubi as apps. That I could just plug this into any display panel, including dumb displays."

He is basically asking to be spied in a different way, just like his cellphone does.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by lotyrin on Sunday April 01, 2018 @03:28PM (#16729973)

While I'd love the option not to be spied on, If I don't have that option, I'd rather the spies be fewer and more competent.

The doomsday scenario is if we have tons of little pop-up 3rd party data collectors that fail at infosec and produce datasets that become public knowledge via leaks and can be cross-referenced for all eternity.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by jcousins on Sunday April 01, 2018 @11:36AM (#16728797)

I was bamboozled by that comment. Out of the frying pan....

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