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2.2 KiB
65 lines
2.2 KiB
10 months ago
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title: Smart TVs are not great
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summary: >
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I've been talking about smart TVs with other people recently and we all
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came to the same conclusion: smart TVs may spy on us (like our smartphones do).
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The thumbnail on the side shows the actual microphone that is soldered onto the
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main circuit board of my remote control; it is no longer than 4 mm.
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cover: false
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coverCaption: kfdjkfjdsak
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date: 2024-01-21T19:26:58+01:00
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lastmod: 2024-01-24T06:09:45+0000
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categories:
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- computerstuff
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tags:
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- draft_post
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# showBreadcrumbs: true
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# showDate: false
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# showReadingTime: false
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# showWordCount: false
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# showPagination: false
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# feed_exclude: true
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# site_exclude: true
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# some help
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#
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# highlighting with highlights
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#
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# use table, as inline creates a padding around
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# and it pushes the text more to the right side (end of screen)
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#
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# ~~~html {linenos=table,hl_lines="3-6"}
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# ~~~html {linenos=inline,hl_lines="1,3-6"}
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draft: true
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Have you noticed the product recommendations on Amazon whenever its ~~spy~~ Echo device
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is in the same room as you and hears your conversations?
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I usually ignore these recommendations anyway because they are actually way off of what I'm
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looking for (or already have it) so there is no value in these personal advertisements.
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BTW, personalized ads is something that I opt out whenever I can. I do not want or need them.
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But Amazon thinks I need to see it anyway -- which makes me just more mad at them.
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Always worth a rant, Amazon. Haha. Now actually I wanted to note that I removed the microphone
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of my smart TV. I own that device since 2018/19 and it actually never came to my mind that
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these devices could also spy on your conversations -- but the possibility is there and since
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I never use the voice command function of my smart TV I decided to remove the mic.
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The mic is usually located very easily, though the elements below the hole are very, very small.
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I used a sharp cutting knife and a sharp side cutter to remove the very small circuit board.
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