Or get a laptop or some other device so the TV has no choice but work as a simple display. We’ve come full circle
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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
At some point we’d have to import TVs from behind the Great Chinese Firewall to avoid unwanted US tech.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
PineRune@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The new problem is AI running on the TV taking the images sent to it and processing those separately from everything else, and using that to see what you’re doing and watching.
skeezix@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Have you been reading? Don’t connect your tv to wifi.
PineRune@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You’ll have to rip the networking chip out pretty soon to stop them from sniffing out and connecting to WiFi or other devices connected to the internet.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
So… next step is to cut it’s wifi antenna and fill the ethernet port with superglue? Tech is amazing /s
SuiXi3D@fedia.io 3 days ago
Open it up and desolder the networking chip. It's the only way to be sure. Hope you've got a heat gun!
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
then you get unwanted chinese tech.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
It would have to phone home over the great firewall, which is the point
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 days ago
Uhh they let that sort of information in no problem. The firewall is more for random citizens not corporate servers.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
But it would still phone home though? It’s not like great firewall blocks all traffic, it blocks traffic the CCP doesn’t like.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I know people who watch Chinese dramas on those Chinese streaming apps here in Europe. The great firewall doesn’t block everything. And it’s mostly for outgoing traffic. Like people in China can’t get on Facebook, but people outside of China can get on WeChat, though making an account outside of China is impossible.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 days ago
No it isn’t, I’ve done so.
djdarren@piefed.social 3 days ago
From a European perspective, at this stage I think I’d prefer the Chinese tech over the American.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Yes. The way things ate going, at some point it may become less harmful and easier to deal with unwanted Chinese tech than American. Pay much lower profit margins as a bonus.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
not judging by the absolute tirefire that is tiktok.