Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAn ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OSarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showtechnology@lemmy.ziplinux_lugcast@lemux.minnix.devhardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkAn ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OSarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showtechnology@lemmy.ziplinux_lugcast@lemux.minnix.devhardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoDon’t ever connect them to the internet. Period. If it’s required, buy a different tv. It’s not difficult to look that up beforehand.
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoMonitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions. The super budget/sold at a loss TVs will absolutely be gutted for spyware.
Don’t ever connect them to the internet. Period.
If it’s required, buy a different tv. It’s not difficult to look that up beforehand.
I suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.
Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions.
The super budget/sold at a loss TVs will absolutely be gutted for spyware.