The worrying part:
Most TVs on the market today come with a technology called automatic content recognition (ACR) built in. This is basically Shazam for TV — Shazam itself helped popularize the tech — and gives smart TV platforms the ability to monitor what you’re watching by either taking screenshots or capturing audio snippets while you’re watching.
The author then just gives up and says “maybe targeted adverts aren’t so bad”, concluding that the only way to avoid them is to buy an older TV. Fuck that! Either never connect it to the internet and plug in a more trusted devices, or go for a deep dive down the pihole.
chaoticnumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Opnsense, pfsense, adguard home, pi-hole. Look into them, start caring about your privacy. Not because you have nothing to hide, but because one day your data might be used against you.
Geodad@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Does pi hole slow down games?
nickiam2@aussie.zone 1 day ago
No, unless the game you’re playing is trying to download ads then you might have some minor issues but it shouldn’t effect online multiplayer.
smeg@feddit.uk 1 day ago
What games are you playing that regularly send out lots of DNS requests to different domains?
chaoticnumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Used one for about a year. No. I play stuff online alot, so its important to me. No slowdowns. It has nothing to do with your ping.