Set your browser up with a good private DNS. I use Control D, which you can use to block a lot of annoying crap.
Comment on Having to re-teach your parents how to work the smart T.V.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Any y’all SmartTV users know how to eliminate the excess telemetry the TV uses to eat up my bandwidth?
flatplutosociety@lemmy.world 9 months ago
cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Pi hole
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Yeah? I got one half assembled on my desk right this moment! I feel a little sheepish, though, because I got the SD card set up with Raspbian Lite as per a guide on AdaFruit, but, uh… I don’t know what terminal program I’m supposed to launch to talk to the dang thing! 😅 the guides on the site seem mostly based for Linux and I’m working on Windows. I feel silly to be stuck at this step as I feel once I cross it, I should be good with the rest of the guide.
PeterRobot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
On windows you have cmd (basic) and powershell (for powerusers). You probably want to use the ssh command in the terminal you choose to use. Check out a connecting to raspberry pi from windows guide, loads of them.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Use a dumb TV and a HTPC
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
That was both my boyfriend and I’s preference, but we got offered a free TV when we needed one, and that’s a hard price to beat, especially in these times. I’m hoping the PiHole will do the trick.