What streaming tool then? Chromecast, but then Google just tracks it all.
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solrize@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’d want to find and physically remove all the microphones and cameras from the TV for peace of mind. Plus never let it have a network connection. Just use HDMI in.
someguy3@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
If you’re already using an Android phone with Play Store on it, the additional exposure through the Chromecast is probably not significant. Otherwise, in addition to the other suggestions, you could grab an Android capable board from HardKernel for example and run plain Android TV on it. For example the ODROID-C4. It’s got nearly identical hardware to the CCwGTV. The setup is obviously more elaborate.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some form of tiny PC with Kodi and a remote.
I’m currently looking at jailbreaking an Apple TV for the purpose.
philpo@feddit.de 10 months ago
Kodi on a Raspberry!Easy to install, once set up it’s rock solid and you can integrate a lot of streaming and IPTV serviced these days.
DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’ve replaced rokus / firesticks with cheap mini PCs. Currently they’re running ReviOS (a stripped down version of windows) but I plan to migrate to linux as I get more comfortable with it.
solrize@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That I don’t know. My mom just has Comcast s and we have the cable box HDMI output going to the TV. No streaming though in principle we could use a computer for that.
I wonder if an HDMI computer monitor could substitute for a dumb TV.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
AppleTV 4k is probably the best option privacywise IMHO.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Watch out, you can’t say anything good about any Apple products on Lemmy lest you seek downvotes.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
FYI, tracking is also (potentially) done via the HDMI connection by the streaming device.
For example: I have an HDMI Blu-ray, and the TV has tech to sample what is on the screen - so it knows what I’m watching even if it’s not streamed. The bastards are always a few steps ahead of us.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
If it’s not connected to a network, the data never leaves the TV though, and then the tracking doesn’t really matter.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Remove any networking you can. Remove wifi antennas and cap them with RF test plugs (I forget what they’re called). These absorb RF frequencies, converting them to heat which radiates out of the absorber is IR (If I remember right).
Professorozone@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They are called loads or alternately terminations, but technically you would specify which termination, for instance a 50 ohm termination to distinguish it from a short or open.