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| Smart TVs are not great | 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. | 2024-01-27T10:58:06+0000 |
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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.
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 tiny circuit board.
The microphone circuit board was connected on four points which I cut with this cutter slowly and precise.
