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Why Smart TVs Track What You Watch (www.rtings.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Just dont connect the tv to Wifi and problem solved.

How can the general public not understand this?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    No WiFi needed.

    https://sidewalk.amazon/

    If you don’t want to click the link I don’t blame you. It’s a LoRA style node based network that the TV or FireStick will connect to if you don’t allow it on WiFi. It’s free to connect to so there’s more incentive for any tv maker to use it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Could "We the People" hijack this network to use it in totally normal and completely legal ways and definitely not for operating a peernet-like network

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Good question, but the throughput is really low and I’m not exactly sure how the endpoints (or exit nodes, if that’s what they are called) work.

    Would be a neat project though, and could add a huge node network to the existing LoRa stuff it it’s compatible.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    BUT HOW WATCH YUTUBE?

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