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Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by asldihgiyug »

stallmanite wrote: post #160
troydavis wrote: post #34

If you own an Internet-connected TV, you've been seeing these for 2 years or more. I submitted it 11 months ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21427405 ) and it wasn't new then. The ACR-based retargeting audiences ( https://www.samsung.com/us/business/samsungads/resources/tv-... ) are probably the most offensive. For example: "Reach viewers who saw your competitor’s ads as quickly as 60 seconds after linear a…

So if I’m using a Samsung TV as a monitor and working on sensitive or classified material the damn thing is taking screenshots and uploading them? Yikes

If you're using it as a monitor, why would you still connect it to the internet?

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Post by rightbyte »

donmcronald wrote: post #180
ijustwanttovote wrote: post #148

I use a pi hole and it has been blocking my samsung tv ads for the past 6 months.

You’re screwed as soon as they start using DoH.

I suspected HTTPS would become an antiprivacy tool as soon as Google started to push it so hard. It is funny how things turn out. Feel the need to evesdrop your own TV to ensure it doesn't rat on you ...

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Post by jamiek88 »

stallmanite wrote: post #70
snarfy wrote: post #29

Samsung really needs to just flush their entire software division. It's all garbage. Their android software is a frustrating joke. Tizen is a hot mess. Every issue I've ever had with a samsung product was with their software, and it's why I've sworn off the brand as a whole.

The management maybe. I have a hard time believing that the rank and file engineers get to call the shots on this garbage. I have no special insight into how Samsung works internally though.

Just following orders huh?

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Post by himinlomax »

centimeter wrote: post #199
overlordalex wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's reports of some models connecting to any open wifi networks, which would include your neighbours. And it's only a matter of time until they come with built-in sim cards

Recent model toyota vehicles come with a "telematics" unit with a built-in SIM card that sends GPS data, driving data, video from the front camera, etc. to Toyota and the "agreement" in the manual says they can do ~whatever they want with it. If you power down the telematics module (by removing the fuse), the carplay microphone doesn't work (because the microphone runs through the telematics module). If you remove or…

That so contradicts the GDPR, it's almost comical. I'm sure they don't plan on turning that on in the EU, but things could get interesting if such "features" end up in the area somehow ... how much is 5% of Toyota's revenue?

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Post by contravariant »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #81
magicalhippo wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> quality models They advertise the display as HDR but the specs say its brightness is a quite poor 280cd/m^2. A proper HDR TV should have quite a bit higher brightness. I consider HDR to be a far greater improvement in visuals compared to 4k, and something which made my jaw drop the first time I saw it at home watching The Reverend on my Samsung top-end model.

You cant even get qualified as HDR below 400, and 400 is already ... a bit meaningless. Hollywood and TV authors content for 1000, and theres a mighty disconnect between these first few generations and what the content requires. To make this worse, my several year old U2414Hs can reach 280 at 100%. Those are inexpensive, standard, 1080p IPS office monitors, that have rather good color consistency for being low $2xx e…

I reckon contrast is more important than peak brightness. The eye is good at adjusting to brightness, and 1000 nits just seems overkill. You might need that much if the TV is surrounded by a white wall directly lit by the sun, but in normal indoor lighting conditions it just seems excessive.

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Post by dr_zoidberg »

MaxikCZ wrote: post #190
karolist wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LG makes great TVs, they were one of the last manufacturers to stop doing plasma. My 2015 50" (50PN5300) 1080p plasma screen is only rivaled by new OLEDs, doubles as a space heater in winter time :) This one still has their old Netcast OS. The newer webOs models with magic remote that you can use as a pointer are super nice too, but admittedly my 43UJ701V sometimes does reboot it self, the old Netcast plasma is rock…

Cant share my enthusiasm for LG TVs. We have one not yet smart model from around 2015. Over few software updates it got itself to state where the TV is totally unresponsive to any remote input for up to 1 minute after starting, including volume buttons. If you happen to turn the TV off with high volume from a quiet film, you gonna stand there listening to loud ads next time you run it, and hate every second of it. Th…

I'll admit my usecase is probably not the most common: I don't have cable, and I just use the device for watching online videos. Which, as karolist said:

> I landed on LG because my requirements were "no Android" and "I hate Samsung", LG are the only ones left pretty much.

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Post by stallmanite »

asldihgiyug wrote: post #301
stallmanite wrote: post #160

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So if I’m using a Samsung TV as a monitor and working on sensitive or classified material the damn thing is taking screenshots and uploading them? Yikes

If you're using it as a monitor, why would you still connect it to the internet?

Hypothetically because I’d be using it as a monitor part time and using the built in shit the other part of the time? In actuality I do as you suggest and don’t ever connect the thing to the internet. Operation Weeping Angel was enough to convince me of that.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/weeping-angel/

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Post by cageface »

snarfy wrote: post #29

Samsung really needs to just flush their entire software division. It's all garbage. Their android software is a frustrating joke. Tizen is a hot mess. Every issue I've ever had with a samsung product was with their software, and it's why I've sworn off the brand as a whole.

Samsung's current OneUI is actually pretty good and adds a lot of useful features to stock Android. I also like the way they've integrated the s pen on the Note recently. Older versions of TouchWiz had a deservedly bad reputation but I'm pretty happy with the software on my Note 20 and the hardware is fantastic.
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