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This is exactly why I never connect TVs to the internet. Then they are just dumb HDMI panels.
by lrvick 6y ago
This is exactly why I never connect TVs to the internet.
Then they are just dumb HDMI panels.
- freedomben 6y agoSoon they'll be coming with their own 5G chips that phone home over cell networks - no wifi access required. Or, like the Amazon Echoes, they'll form a mesh network with your neighbors TVs and other devices and then just use your neighbor's wifi to phone home. It's coming. I'm buying Spectres and I suggest others do the same.
- lrvick 6y agoAlso why I keep a hackRF/BladeRF around. I don't have any active cell phone modems on my property ever, so such transmissions would be easy to identify.
- throwawayboise 6y agoI just don't have a TV.
- ttt0 6y agoModern problems require modern solutions.
- ddingus 6y agoLol, if this all gets too onerous, I will just stick with my plasmas and CRT displays. I have a few of each, they are in great condition and will be collecting a few more. OLED may prove compelling enough to get me interested, but nothing LCD will, except as computer display. I got super lucky on the plasma. It is big, beautiful and not all that smart. Got two of them, one seeing very light use. Those things said, chances are the display tech that performs on par with fast plasma and CRT will probably come with the worst of this "smart" code. Fine. I am game. Lets play. I will probably win, but it will also probably be a pain in the ass too. Maybe I will just get a third plasma... The other thing which has happened as a result of all this is I personally do not bother with TV much. Just hate the ads. Too much, too frequent, too repetitive. I have never been happier. All that bonus time!
- alacombe 6y ago> Soon they'll be coming with their own 5G chips that phone home over cell networks - no wifi access required This is something I never understood about the IOT bullcrap, even if something can connect to a mobile network, they'd still need the expense of a data subscription which render the whole thing pretty moot. It's not as if 5G providers were operating their network for free.
- sidpatil 6y agoThe device manufacturer will eat the cost of the 5G subscription, since it will likely be lower than the revenue generated from the harvested personal data.
- alacombe 6y agoHow low can you get these ? Even at $5/month, that's $60... is a single user's data worth that much ?
- drevil-v2 6y agoIt will be only tracking and surveillance data that the TV uploads to the mothership. It's not like they will let you stream YouTube, Netflix or Prime on their inbuilt 5G connection. So the cost will be minimal and further reduced by the bulk volume that the manufacturer would purchase from the telco. Like how Amazon Kindle comes with a free 3G connection to download your books and upload your reading habits.
- alacombe 6y agoYou're not answering the question, I'm not asking anything about streaming anything over 5G. I'm asking about the cost of IoT subscription, plus all the logistic to put in place in every country where a company intend to your product.
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- kstrauser 6y agoI’ve got an FCC radio license that says I get to hack my hardware and tell other people how to do the same.
- tjpnz 6y agoAnd I enclose the display in a Faraday cage.