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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by nmstoker on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:13PM (#28296629)
Maybe your comment was tongue in cheek but if the product did not reveal it contained a radio transmitter, this would undoubtedly be illegal in the US, EU & UK.
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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by jen20 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @09:05PM (#28296964)
And what will you do when there are no TVs to buy that do not contain LTE transmitters to force more spying upon you?
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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by oblio on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:32PM (#28297778)
Do most of them contain LTE transmitters? Is their share increasing?
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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by jen20 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @12:16AM (#28297987)
I don’t know, but it’s not long ago that TVs did not spy on you or serve you personalised ads, and now they all do, so it’s not exactly a huge stretch.
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