How does this work if the TV is never connected to the Internet?
If the TV's features are restricted or don't work because it requires an internet connection, then it's going back to the store. And I don't care if Best Buy has a $45 restocking fee. I'll charge that back claiming they sold the TV without disclosing that it requires network access to function fully. That's fraud.
Yep. Worth every nickel (aren't pennies any more) I stuff in his tip jar every month. THANKS JERRY.
I was part of a 4 person IT team managing the company's Linux servers and infrastructure. I was given a Windows 8 laptop from CostCo. The other admins had Windows laptops but EVERYONE else had Mac laptops. I was the only Mac-centric admin so the engineers came to me for help but mostly I kept their servers running using MobaTek's terminal app. I used the browser and mail client on the laptop but that's was the extent of my win8 usage. Which I could have run the configuration management tool we ran (puppet). Jenkins and git were running on the Linux boxes. I had to fix the CEO's admin's PC 4 times to remove malware but the engineers and their macs were problem free except for bad keyboards which Apple fixed.
It's better than leaving them in some men's room baby changing station with the sign "Place sacrifice here" sign taped to it.
I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.
Back in 2009, a High School Vice Principle watched via a student's webcam on their school supplied laptop at night as the kid snacked on Mike & Ike candies IN HIS BEDROOM. She summoned him to her office to accuse him of taking drugs. This got her sued along with the school district who configured the school's laptops to allow for the spying. Sadly, the FBI said there wasn't enough to prove criminal intent.
I won't let that stuff on my system for any reason. I took a qualification test as part of job interview with the camera covered. Guess dodged a bullett and didn't get the job?
I have the same concern about Apple and Google. I've diversified my usage of their services to have alternatives and regular backups that don't use either so I can recover.