Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by rthomas6 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:58AM
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I use a pi-hole to block that traffic.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by capdeck on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:32AM
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Eventually TVs will VPN out. Dat revenue is way too sweet...
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by tremon on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:51AM
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As long as it's on my network, I can still block the VPN endpoint, or simply block based on source IP, or put the TV in a non-routable subnet.
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by clankyclanker on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:54PM
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...Assuming it displays anything at all without being able to phone home.
Chances are good the TVs of the future will just display full screen error messages if they haven’t been able to upload your content engagement metrics in the last 15 minutes.
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by fxtentacle on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:04AM
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The difference is that you had to accept their EULA. I didn't because even if I technically prevent their data extraction, I still want it to be illegal for them.
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by ViViDboarder on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @10:44AM
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At least my Samsung TV had several EULAs that were optional. I accepted the basic one that allowed me to use the onboard Netflix and then opted out of data collection via CCPA and installed a Pi-Hole. I didn’t accept the one for voice control or other “smart” features.