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It has been semi-jailbroken in the past, but Google has always very quickly closed anything. Chromecast (device, protocol, libraries, firmware) are Google’s mo
by kuschku 9y ago
It has been semi-jailbroken in the past, but Google has always very quickly closed anything.
Chromecast (device, protocol, libraries, firmware) are Google’s most user-hostile and restrictive project so far.
- terminalcommand 9y agoChromecast even stops working if you do not have a working outside internet connection. On many occasions I've been unable to cast movies to chromecast simply because my internet connection was broken. After some time it bothered me that I had a machine plugged in 24/7 connected to both my local LAN and Internet, owned by Google. So, every night I unplug the chromecast and then plug it again whenever I want to cast something.
- bogle 9y agoIf physically disconnecting it is easy enough then I'd agree that is preferable. Only plug it in when required. How about creating a firewall rule and then toggling that instead of physically disconnecting the Chromecast? I found a likely configuration: https://blog.g3rt.nl/allow-google-chromecast-host-firewall-iptables.html#comment-2981801043 https://blog.g3rt.nl/allow-google-chromecast-host-firewall-i...