Rage Against the (Smart) Machine – Why I want my TV to be ‘dumb.’

Re:Rage Against the (Smart) Machine – Why I want my TV to be... by hanafudafan on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:22AM (#33865246)

Amazon Sidewalk and dirt cheap 4/5g are appearing in many products including TVs - how do you audit yours to ensure it's not simply going over your head?

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Re:Rage Against the (Smart) Machine – Why I want my TV to be... by adriancr on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:00AM (#33966343)

1. If i start seeing ads I will investigate. So it would be painfully obvious whatever they do.

2. When I buy I check reviews and avoid 4/5g or sidewalk.

3. If bought by mistake - return.

4. If left with no choice then:

- I will buy but not accept monitoring

- add automated gdpr request every month for my data and request to delete after.

- see what they return and figure out how it was captured (ex: kill microphone if audio data), sue if anything illegal

Technical wise, play around:

- custom firmware - if tvs get powerful enough to run full linux distributions then I would be very happy.

- desoldering/reusing 4/5g or sidewalk components on my other projects... (free connectivity on sensors on car/bike etc)

- replace board entirely with a raspberry or similar

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