Re:Samsung TVs should be regularly virus-checked, the compan...
by turbinerneiter on Monday June 17, 2019 @03:48PM
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I think the difference is that the phone at least works well and you have a lot of settings to control the behaviour.
Disagree - smartphones are far worse. At least I can buy a dumb tv and plug a box into it (for now) - my work requires mobile based 2fa, my bank/credit cards have features available in their apps that aren't available on their websites, my broadband provider only offers tech support through their app.
My smartphone OS was built by an advertising company and probably modified by the manafaxturer. The OS tracks everything I do, everywhere I go, everyone I contact, and the OS maker, my carrier, my phone manufacturer uses that information to sell ads to other people and put them in devices that I pay large prices for.