3 ms·
If you buy a smart TV, disable these features, disable network connectivity, and then plug in another 3rd party box you should be fine right?
by joeblau 7y ago
If you buy a smart TV, disable these features, disable network connectivity, and then plug in another 3rd party box you should be fine right?
- TheEnder8 7y agoWhat makes you think the third party box is any better?
- kenrose 7y agoIf it’s one you build yourself (e.g. Raspberry Pi with Kodi), it will be.
- kccqzy 7y agoThat's by definition not a third party box any more.
- allannienhuis 7y agoIsn't it third party from the tv vendor? I think that was the implied context. Although If you consider yourself as the vendor who built the device (did you really?) that would be first-party I guess.
- andrewstuart2 7y agoIf I do banking on my TV via an HTPC I've hooked up, e.g. lots of setups that have a TV as an external monitor, I don't want those being screenshot. TVs are used for a lot more than strictly TV.
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoUnlikely, because the third-party box probably uploads screenshots or does something equally noxious as well, if not today, then in the not-too-distant future.
- hyperbovine 7y agoI was kinda hoping Apple TV would adopt a more privacy-forward stance. No?
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoMaybe? Depends on whether some Apple exec ever decides they need the revenue or not. For comparison, even Google's "Don't be evil" reputation only lasted about a decade or so.
- colejohnson66 7y agoGoogle depends on data to make money while Apple doesn’t. They make their money from the hardware.
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoSure, Apple makes most of their money from the hardware, currently. When times get tough for Apple and they're in a situation where they need to look for more revenue (remember the MS bailout back in '97?), well, we'll see...
- joeblau 7y agoI have an TV and I feel like Apple is doing a decent job of trying to prevent selling user data by any means.