Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

Post by Scoundreller » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 11:22 PM UTC

Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #353

Scoundreller wrote: post #346

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Hopefully we can just tap into the serial interface.

A lot of them has started even locking down the serial interface. Hell even the boot logo on most LG TV's these days are signed. EDIT: One thing that "might" work is a repair remote / repair menu. On the LG TV's in my house the repair menus allow you to change things like what HDMI mux the TV is expecting (I can't recall if the WiFi Module was included in such menus, but if it is you could change it to something its…

Post by Aeolun » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 11:29 PM UTC

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The TV would know where you are by knowing what phone masts are in your area. But if you are in the US then ain't California pushing for tighter data collection regs? But I get what your trying to say. Time to spin up a Software Defined Radio and start faking cell towers so your TV thinks it's in the EU :-P

No wonder that even when it’s explained to them, people just shrug their shoulders. If the alternative is to go full guerilla war against your own [0] appliances, no wonder many people just give up. [0] I expect any day now we’ll get “subscription TVs” (as in, the actual hardware). We’re already there with headphones. https://www.channelnews.com.au/nuraphone-launch-subscription...

Post by TrumpSucks » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 11:35 PM UTC

o-__-o wrote: post #87

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I might be in the market for a large screen soon. Any recommendations for good dumb panels? I assumed they'd be difficult to find.

Walmart Online is selling a Spectre dumb panel (with good specs!) for $219 for 55” and $279 for 65”. Otherwise I love my LG OLED, which acts as a dumb panel until you accept the overbearing privacy policy (you can still play local DLNA/USB sources without accepting, but can’t run any apps including web browsers so no captive portals)

Post by BLKNSLVR » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 11:42 PM UTC

heavyset_go wrote: post #236

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And then the next generation will have signed firmware that doesn't allow the device to start until the spy packets go out and the response is received. We need to kill these companies and their business models. As fun as it is for smart people like us to perform one-off lobotomies, it doesn't solve the problem.

> And then the next generation will have signed firmware that doesn't allow the device to start until the spy packets go out and the response is received. Some Chromecast products already won't function unless they can talk to Google DNS servers[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19170671

Post by stevewillows » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 11:43 PM UTC

spitfire wrote: post #398

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 already did, over a decade ago. I tell friends "No cloud services on this ship!". They've bought into it too, buying more CD's, records and dumb only TV's. My current setup is an old 1080P Bang & Olufsen setup. Looks and sounds great. Similar with audio - B&O did airplay back in the 80's called master link. So each room in the house can play music from anywhere else. The only things networked are actual computers a…