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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)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I’m more than happy to buy a TV that uses post-purchase monetization, because I am never going to connect that fucker to the internet. It’s a display. I shall use it as a display. I do not care that it can replace my streaming box. I fully control my streaming box, and I will use that.

If I catch it doing any sketchy shit like trying to use unsecured/Comcast/etc WiFi to phone home, it’ll be time to pull out the screwdriver, though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (9 children)

What happens when it no longer needs your WiFi and uses something like LoRa to phone home with your data and location? It may not know who you are exactly but it'll have a good guess.

[–] BlindFrog 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What's Lora?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa (Long Range)

It's a low power, large range connection technology, working a bit like a mesh network. It can achieve data rates between 0.3 kbit/s and 27 kbit/s and enables geolocation services. According to the LoRa Development Portal, the range provided by LoRa can be up to 3 miles (4.8 km) in urban areas, and up to 10 miles (16 km) or more in rural areas (line of sight).

As soon as your LoRa-Device is in range of another LoRa-Device, it will probably be able to phone home.

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