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Re:Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content ... by bitwize on Saturday December 28, 2019 @11:31AM (#21899769)
The thing is, the smart thing you hook up to it is under your control. It could be a laptop or Raspberry Pi.
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Re:Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content ... by OrgNet on Saturday December 28, 2019 @12:29PM (#21900204)
Is a Windows PC really under your control nowadays? And if you connect your phone to the TV, you don't really even own those, even if you paid $1000 for your "phone". The manufacturers are the true owners unless you root them which is not always easy.
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Re:Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content ... by bitwize on Saturday December 28, 2019 @12:44PM (#21900328)
No, but you can detach the Windows PC. With a smart TV, you're stuck with whatever is in that firmware, without which the TV may not even turn on.
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Re:Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content ... by OrgNet on Sunday December 29, 2019 @08:15PM (#21909931)
I guess you could detach the smart TV and replace it with another... but I get your point.
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