Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick

Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by sneak on Thursday July 30, 2026 @08:16PM (#49117549)

Tainted food and unsafe children’s toys kill people.

Sketchy devices on your wi-fi don’t really harm anyone. They’re a minor inconvenience at best, mostly to large corporations that like to discern residential connections from business/corporate ones.

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by inigyou on Friday July 31, 2026 @05:39AM (#49120979)

I don't know why this is such an unpopular opinion on HN.

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by red-iron-pine on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:01AM (#49123256)

you don't get why a news aggregator for tech bros have problems with crappy devices hacking them?

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by inigyou on Friday July 31, 2026 @10:13AM (#49123403)

What is being hacked? The ad industry? I didn't know the average HNbreader had such deep compassion for the ad industry.

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by sneak on Friday July 31, 2026 @09:05PM (#49130168)

Being on your LAN isn’t “hacking” anyone otherwise every hotel, airport, conference, and airplane would be unsafe.

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