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Five years from now, 5G will be widely deployed, with a connection density of 1M/sqkm, 1000 times larger than 4G. The TV will connect directly to the 5G network
by pacala 7y ago
Five years from now, 5G will be widely deployed, with a connection density of 1M/sqkm, 1000 times larger than 4G. The TV will connect directly to the 5G network without asking for permission. For your convenience [TM].
- dreamcompiler 7y agoAt which point I hope there will be websites describing how to take the TV apart and disable the 5G modem. Or somebody will invent a small short-range backhaul-less 5G spoof microcell you can put next to the TV that will confuse the TV's modem into connecting to nothing. Or just wrap the TV in a Faraday cage. But keeping the screen visible might make that tricky.
- pacala 7y ago1% of us will take the troubles to protect themselves. We'll even marginally succeed, as long as we don't go out in public or visit a friend's house. Too expensive to circumvent protections if the other 99% have no [time to develop an] understanding of what they are exposed to.
- danmg 7y agoSmart TVs will start including bluetooth sniffing so they'll know how many people are watching and who.
- pacala 7y agoWe'll install 5G connected, AI powered cameras and far-field microphones in your TV, to measure the emotional impact of our ads. To offer you a better service [TM]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen
- onion2k 7y agoAt which point I hope there will be websites describing how to take the TV apart and disable the 5G modem. There's always been rumours that some Intel vPro CPUs have modems (and entire secondary CPUs..) built in to the chip itself. Atom x3/x5/x7 processors have a modem in the CPU package. I imagine disabling the modem without breaking the TV would be impossible.
- chopin 7y agoBut a modem won't help if it isn't connected to anything.
- trevyn 7y agoOn-chip antennas are a thing!
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI can imagine myself 10 years from now standing over a $500 chip with a power drill, nervously following a tutorial telling me what exact spot I have to drive the drill head through to disable the antenna without destroying any of the surrounding circuitry...
- cm2187 7y agoWe will just wait for the next Zuckerberg interview to see how he dealt with his smart TV at home. Better to learn from people who really care about their own privacy.
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- Yizahi 7y agoAt that point TV may become a thin sheet of everything integrated in a single piece of electronics. They are already close to it.
- odiroot 7y agoWe're just gonna start wrapping our TVs in tinfoil, I guess.
- 0-_-0 7y agoIf we can believe Star Trek, transparent aluminum foil is the way to go! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_materials#Transparent_aluminum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_materials#Tr...