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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Darkscryber 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I dumbedcmy smart tv by disconnected it from the internet. The stupid thing is the tv was requesting internet connection to work, so I had to put it on my network and then block everything so the tv pouted and then shut up.

Now I switch to a Fire tv usb stick on it but god I hate it..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the tv was requesting internet connection to work

What tv is that? Just so I know what to avoid

[–] Darkscryber 3 points 1 month ago

Samsung tv, after a bad update.