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Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients by derekp7 on Monday June 08, 2020 @10:16AM (#23456648)
If you open up a smart TV, isn't the "smart" part of it basically an embedded ARM cpu SBC, with a somewhat standard connection to the LCD cable? If so, how hard would it be to rip out the smarts and put in a passive HDMI to LCD converter board?
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Re:The Impending Doom of Expiring Root CAs and Legacy Clients by nitrogen on Monday June 08, 2020 @02:24PM (#23459222)
This exact strategy is mentioned elsewhere, and it appears there are people trying to reverse engineer the base firmwares as well.
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