I have two smart TVs in the house, but they don’t have access to my network. I don’t use the smart features.
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sommerset@thelemmy.club 3 days agoYeah - do you have a tv? It is a smart one right? With the wiretap built in?
kaotic@lemmy.world 3 days ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No. I haven’t had a TV since around 2000. I use monitors, and always have an extra laying around if needed.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Even monitors are being equipped with spyware “smart” features. It seems a matter of time before all new monitors are spyware and adware Trojans like TVs.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Get commercial hardware. It’s more expensive new, but dirt cheap used, and they don’t include any of the spy equipment.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My "smart"TV is not online at all but I still see ads that seem targeted for the most part. OTA is a dying platform I think, though
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You allow your TV to access to the internet?
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
I tried to, the clients were so awful I bought a streaming stick. Now it just spies on me. without trying to hide a pc near my tv, and work out a remote control that’s not an awful keyboard and mouse there aren’t a lot of good options.
The TV is blocked, the streaming device is pieholed as best i can. I’m sure someone still knows I watch an unhealthy amount of Futurama.
sommerset@thelemmy.club 3 days ago
I have a life and don’t have time setting up networks. Yes it’s wired to the internet