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-title: Smart TVs are great
-summary: >
-  I've been talking about smart TVs with other people recently and we all
-  came to the same conclusion: smart TVs may spy on us (like our smartphones do).
-date: 2024-01-21T19:26:58+01:00
-lastmod: 2024-01-22T22:03:57+0000
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-It is not uncommon that Amazon suggests items that I've been talking to other people
-in a room where an Amazon Echo device (an Alexa) was in that room.
-
-Now, I'm not so paranoid that I would remove them instantly because most of the time
-they are out of reach (which is not measured but I think they might not hear me because
-they do not respond to any commands at all when I yell at them) and I do not care that
-much because in the end, I decide by myself -- these suggestions are completely useless
-anyway.
-
-But looking at my local network (LAN), specifically the hosts that send and receive data,
-my TV is usually one of the top 5 devices in regards of data transfers. As this is
-obviosly true for downloaded data, this is also true for uploaded data. Sure, it needs
-to transmit every command taken on the remote control but guess what: I'm not using it
-that much.
-
-![transfer rates](transfers.png "exchange this with an actual record")
-
-As you can see: the TV is on the top 
-
-![view](mini-mic.jpg) 
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-![for reference](reference.jpg) 
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content/posts/2024/smart-tvs-are-not-great/index.md

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+title: Smart TVs are not great
+summary: >
+  I've been talking about smart TVs with other people recently and we all
+  came to the same conclusion: smart TVs may spy on us (like our smartphones do).
+  The thumbnail on the side shows the actual microphone that is soldered onto the
+  main circuit board of my remote control; it is no longer than 4 mm.
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+date: 2024-01-21T19:26:58+01:00
+lastmod: 2024-01-24T06:09:45+0000
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+# and it pushes the text more to the right side (end of screen)
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+
+Have you noticed the product recommendations on Amazon whenever its ~~spy~~ Echo device
+is in the same room as you and hears your conversations?
+
+I usually ignore these recommendations anyway because they are actually way off of what I'm
+looking for (or already have it) so there is no value in these personal advertisements.
+
+BTW, personalized ads is something that I opt out whenever I can. I do not want or need them.
+But Amazon thinks I need to see it anyway -- which makes me just more mad at them.
+
+Always worth a rant, Amazon. Haha. Now actually I wanted to note that I removed the microphone
+of my smart TV. I own that device since 2018/19 and it actually never came to my mind that
+these devices could also spy on your conversations -- but the possibility is there and since
+I never use the voice command function of my smart TV I decided to remove the mic.
+
+![close up pic of the hole in the remote control](remote.jpg "The hole for the mic on my remote
+control is located at the top.") 
+
+The mic is usually located very easily, though the elements below the hole are very, very small.
+I used a sharp cutting knife and a sharp side cutter to remove the very small circuit board.
+
+![view](mini-mic.jpg "There is a very small hole in the shielding that surrounds the small
+components on the \"microphone circuit board\"") 
+
+![for reference](reference.jpg) 
+