Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

Post by kop316 » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:58 PM UTC

babuskov wrote: post #274

kop316 wrote: post #198

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Thankfully it isn't quite that simple for electronics in the US. If it is sold commericially, it has to be registered with the FCC. In this way, you at least know if it has WiFi, LTE, etc, and can see the module that is installed on it. This makes it much easier to go into the device and physically disable the radios on it. Heck, maybe that is something like iFixit could do, have a how to to completely remove radio c…

> This makes it much easier to go into the device and physically disable the radios on it. Wouldn't opening the device void the warranty?

Post by rolph » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:58 PM UTC

joeblau wrote: post #219

buddylw wrote: post #165

I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can choose not to connect the devices, but what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether, like with Tesla and other high end modern cars? I don't think I'm just being a Luddite. This really seems like…

I was talking to a few people in a slack channel the other day about the potential market for a whole set of "dumb" appliances. At the end of the day, we came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be a able to reach mass market because the mass consumers seem to care more about price than security.

Post by alistproducer2 » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:59 PM UTC

Post by andrewksl » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 6:59 PM UTC

Kaibeezy wrote: post #283

joeblau wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was talking to a few people in a slack channel the other day about the potential market for a whole set of "dumb" appliances. At the end of the day, we came to the conclusion that it wouldn't be a able to reach mass market because the mass consumers seem to care more about price than security.

Make cars too, please. Manual transmission (actual stick and clutch, not silly paddles), minimal ECUs, disableable seatbelt chime, cigar lighter, and so forth. You know, less cyber.

Post by andrewksl » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 7:02 PM UTC

pluszero wrote: post #256

buddylw wrote: post #165

I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can choose not to connect the devices, but what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether, like with Tesla and other high end modern cars? I don't think I'm just being a Luddite. This really seems like…

Maybe we should just ddos these endpoints, they don't deserve anything better.