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Older usually means simple and simple is usually more reliable than complex. Think about it for a moment — these guys don't have a problem with auto-updates, vi

by jwr 10y ago

Older usually means simple and simple is usually more reliable than complex. Think about it for a moment — these guys don't have a problem with auto-updates, viruses, or network intrusions. As I write this, I'm looking with growing trepidation at the menus on my new TV, especially the "Anti-Virus" section. Seriously?

happy-go-lucky 10y ago
> Older usually means simple and simple is usually more reliable than complex. Well said.
TeMPOraL 10y ago
> As I write this, I'm looking with growing trepidation at the menus on my new TV, especially the "Anti-Virus" section. Seriously? I remember various cheap movies in which a comptuer virus could in some way jump over to a human host. We're - slowly but surely - doing this to physical world now. I can't wait for the smart chair, that is connected to the cloud to give me fitness stats (in reality it's connected so that the company can try and monetize your sitting patterns[0]), and that will end up being used to pwn your local network and clear your bank account. Fun times. [0] - also literally bringing your butt to the cloud, without the need for cloud-to-butt browser extension.
tomatsu 10y ago
> I'm looking with growing trepidation at the menus on my new TV, especially the "Anti-Virus" section. Some of those "smart" TVs even have a camera and microphone. Your TV could be spying on you. Isn't that nice?
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  That's pretty much straight out of Orwell's 1984.
  - orly_bookz 10y ago
    1984's technology has pretty much become a joke at this point. Who cares about your TV watching you when you broadcast your every move all day long, your spending habits are tracked and analyzed, and a passive global actor could turn your phone mic on just about any time?
- deleted 10y ago
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- jeffmould 10y ago
  https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-changes-smarttv-privacy-policy-in-wake-of-spying-fears/ https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-changes-smarttv-privacy-po...
blakeyrat 10y ago
Well, you bought it. My TV is a dead-simple Panasonic with absolutely no brains or smarts at all-- any smart things it does are provided by the Xbox One or Roku attached to it-- I saved money and ended up with a product that doesn't require the use of anti-virus software.

by jwr 10y ago

happy-go-lucky 10y ago

> Older usually means simple and simple is usually more reliable than complex. Well said.

TeMPOraL 10y ago

> As I write this, I'm looking with growing trepidation at the menus on my new TV, especially the "Anti-Virus" section. Seriously? I remember various cheap movies in which a comptuer virus could in some way jump over to a human host. We're - slowly but surely - doing this to physical world now. I can't wait for the smart chair, that is connected to the cloud to give me fitness stats (in reality it's connected so that the company can try and monetize your sitting patterns[0]), and that will end up being used to pwn your local network and clear your bank account. Fun times. [0] - also literally bringing your butt to the cloud, without the need for cloud-to-butt browser extension.

tomatsu 10y ago

> I'm looking with growing trepidation at the menus on my new TV, especially the "Anti-Virus" section. Some of those "smart" TVs even have a camera and microphone. Your TV could be spying on you. Isn't that nice?

TeMPOraL 10y ago
That's pretty much straight out of Orwell's 1984.
- orly_bookz 10y ago
  1984's technology has pretty much become a joke at this point. Who cares about your TV watching you when you broadcast your every move all day long, your spending habits are tracked and analyzed, and a passive global actor could turn your phone mic on just about any time?
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jeffmould 10y ago
https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-changes-smarttv-privacy-policy-in-wake-of-spying-fears/ https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-changes-smarttv-privacy-po...

blakeyrat 10y ago

Well, you bought it. My TV is a dead-simple Panasonic with absolutely no brains or smarts at all-- any smart things it does are provided by the Xbox One or Roku attached to it-- I saved money and ended up with a product that doesn't require the use of anti-virus software.