The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool

Post by netsharc » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 9:05 AM UTC

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How do you know what I did in regards to the Five Eyes? I wonder what's easier to check and verify, a secret government tapping of the Internet, or if the TVs in millions of people's living rooms are trying to connect to open WiFi networks...

(I did not mention or claim anything about you personally.) You’re right in that this should be easier to find. But I haven’t seen any concerted effort to buy N number of smart TVs and do security analysis on them in order to find something like this.

Post by Markoff » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 12:33 PM UTC

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> 11. Am I infringing copyright if I watch a movie by streaming it instead of downloading it from the internet? > Films, series, etc. can be downloaded or streamed online thanks to various websites (services) that offer this content legally. *However, users can also obtain this content thanks to various online file-hosting services and websites with embedded videos, which do not have the appropriate authorisation for…

Three isn't "many", and you're wrong about Spain and Slovenia anyway, Spain requires you to copy the work from a personally owned legitimately obtained copy or for the original to be made legally available online and is subject to the terms not prohibiting it. The answer in Slovenia's FAQ is badly written, and hasn't been updated since 2016 when there is a European Court of Justice ruling that contradicts it from 201…

Post by spywaregorilla » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 1:34 PM UTC

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I think a pleasant user experience in 1080p is a great deal personally.

I also think 4k is oversold. From the couch 10 feet away, a 4k tv and 1080p tv will look the same.

Post by account42 » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

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Ditto. I got rid of windows shortly after they introduced ads in the OS. It really doesn't matter to me that there are technical ways of blocking them, I don't want to have to think about it or play cat and mouse with them. When it comes to websites I really wouldn't care if they blocked my access because I use an ad blocker. I don't feel any entitlement to their content and they have no entitlement to what displays…

You could just use last good version.

Post by ospzfmbbzr » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

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Haven't a lot of torrent sites gotten in trouble or implemented rules to mitigate against their sites providing content before the official release since they come out so fast and not always from official sources? I've never heard of issues of having to wait any significant amount of time from an official release on the streaming companies.

Yea I've never seen a wait period after the official release either. This guy must be confused. Torrenting is great but TBH I'm not going to waste my time setting up Sonarr/Radarr and maintaining tracker accounts to torrent stuff that I can watch through services I already have access to.