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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] dtrain@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What happens when it no longer needs your WiFi and uses something like LoRa to phone home with your data and location? It may not know who you are exactly but it’ll have a good guess.

I mean....what happens when it becomes sentient, sprouts legs and you catch it sleeping with your spouse?

Let's deal with the here and now.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

You know LoRa hardware is getting cheaper and the reliability of these TVs are just terrible. This is likely to happen sooner rather than later. For now just don't plug it in to WiFi unless you're willing to go further and desolder its module? I don't think we can do much via legislation other than write to our congressional reps.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

you catch it sleeping with your spouse?

Streaming content right there - monetize it!