VerbTELEVISIONS ARE JUST SCREENS
they dont need to be smart
make them dumb
make everything dumb immediately
they dont need to be smart
make them dumb
make everything dumb immediately
Mister Moo 🐮@SarraceniaWilds I've never allowed a television to connect to the internet and I never will.
Dan GoodinSo y'all do without streaming then? What do you watch?
Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫@dangoodin @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds
You can let a computer you control connect to the internet and stream images onto a dumb TV via HDMI
A TV that can connect to the internet itself is a computer you don't control, and also one you can't upgrade when the manufacturer drops support to make you buy a new one.
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Make everything in a potentially adversarial relationship with your interests as dumb as physically possible.
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@petealexharris @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds
There's no data I'm aware of that supports the idea that streaming Netflix, Hulu et al. is safer with a PC than with a name brand TV.
@dangoodin @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds
I'm not talking about information security in this case, I'm talking primarily about consumer exploitation and forced obsolescence.
But also, you can have no confidence that a TV connected directly to the internet with software you can't monitor is ONLY running the apps you want it to, so there is that too if you want an infosec angle. I don't need one to prefer a device that does one simple job well enough.
See ya later dumbass! (Blocked)
Smart TVs are tracking you, and maybe even listening to you talk. Stfu dan.
@dangoodin
@petealexharris @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds
Smart TVs are tracking you, and maybe even listening to you talk. Stfu dan.
@dangoodin
@petealexharris @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds
Jørn@dangoodin @petealexharris @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds
When you connect your TV to the internet, the vendor can "upgrade" it against your will so it ceases to be an HDMI-to-eyeball converter until you agree to new terms of service that you didn't receive when you purchased the TV. You're forced to accept or throw away your TV.
If it was a PC, you could format it. If it was your ISPs streaming box, you could return it and connect another HDMI device to your TV.
https://www.wired.com/story/roku-terms-of-service-update-locks-tv/
