I always found it strange that there seems little effort to jailbrake smart TVs and install alternative roms on them. Some might even work nicely as home servers while still serving their function as a TV.
It's Time to Hack Your Devices and Own Them
Submitted 2 weeks ago by 
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to diy@slrpnk.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sF3pLsbKI
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povoq@slrpnk.net@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago ImmortalColeSlaw@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I’m not much of a TV watcher but it always surprised me as well that there really isn’t a focus on them either.
Cherry@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
And cars. Auto elec doing this could be rich
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
What surprises me the most is cars. It should be a very standard thing to take your car to the mechanic to remove all the spyware and get it to piggy back off your phone data for things like navigation and traffic
john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Let’s all get cracking then. 40c3 is in a couple of months.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Probably because you can just connect any device to it. I am watching a Twitch stream on my TV via my SteamDeck this very moment.
MrManiac3@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
One way of having a liberated TV is with NEC/OPS displays. Video below about them by Cathode Ray Dude
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Following links from that video I found this neat map for finding hackerspaces around the world
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
<looks at devices> <looks at HA console> <looks at router configuration>
I don’t see a problem here? Or is this about the hundreds of dollars of “smart” tech that I ripped out of my home when I moved in because it was programmed to only function if someone else controlled it? I don’t let stuff like that operate in my house.
uncommoncorvid@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago congrats!
i’m going to go out on a limb here and say you are not the target audience of this video then.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
But anyone with enough technical know how to hack their own devices should also be able to have the technical know how to configure their own router and automation server?
The crossover I can think of is people who got compromised devices for cheap and can’t afford to replace them — AND their devices can be re-flashed or otherwise jailbroken to behave responsibly.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago We should both take Google ent al to small claims court for the work we put into not being tracked by them.
B0rax@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Shoutout to valetudo for vacuum robots!
EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Me, standing over the split halves of several electronics, huge axe in hand:
“Ok, hacked. What now?”
MrManiac3@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Now, you own them!
brem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago If you are jailbreaking/unlocking/installing bootloaders just now, you better hope the device hasn’t been updated to the most recent firmware.
I won’t say it’s too late, but in some cases it is.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Feels good knowing that GN has taken the turn towards hactivism
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well we can’t afford to game, they had to pivot to something we can afford.