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How long before they tap into the ethernet from the streaming box? Ethernet over hdmi: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#HEC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/

How long before they tap into the ethernet from the streaming box? Ethernet over hdmi: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#HEC https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#HEC Or tap in to a wireless network that some other device has created without your knowledge? > Amazon Echo devices have Sidewalk enabled by default and do not inform their owner about it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

mikestew 2y ago
How long before a frog grows wings and quits bumping its ass when it hops? Dunno, I’ll cross that bridge when it is built, as I'm dealing with TVs as they are built today. But, yeah, someone always brings up Ethernet-over-HDMI. Show me one, just one implementation, one report of a found implementation, something that demonstrates that anyone even remembers that HEC exists, and…nah, I’ll still dismiss the idea. You think an Apple TV is going to let some random device hijack its network connection, or use it as a passthrough for $DEITY knows what?
- thebruce87m 2y ago
  Well a flying frog exists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog so maybe soon? To be clear, I wasn’t criticising your approach, but the companies are so greedy for your data that I fear they will resort to these methods.
  - mikestew 2y ago
    Well a flying frog exists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog so maybe soon? Looks like the little guy could use those paws to slow his hopping descent; I'll allow it. Now to go line the TV room with metallic wallpaper, and to come up with a different folksy colloquialism. As for the greedy companies, if there's anything practical I'd be concerned about, it would be cell modems. But at the end of the day, there's a high enough percentage of people who just happily hand over WiFi passwords that I'm not concerned about companies going to the expense to scrape up that last 0.5% of users who say "hell, no" when prompted for a credentials.

mikestew 2y ago

How long before a frog grows wings and quits bumping its ass when it hops? Dunno, I’ll cross that bridge when it is built, as I'm dealing with TVs as they are built today. But, yeah, someone always brings up Ethernet-over-HDMI. Show me one, just one implementation, one report of a found implementation, something that demonstrates that anyone even remembers that HEC exists, and…nah, I’ll still dismiss the idea. You think an Apple TV is going to let some random device hijack its network connection, or use it as a passthrough for $DEITY knows what?

thebruce87m 2y ago
Well a flying frog exists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog so maybe soon? To be clear, I wasn’t criticising your approach, but the companies are so greedy for your data that I fear they will resort to these methods.
- mikestew 2y ago
  Well a flying frog exists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog so maybe soon? Looks like the little guy could use those paws to slow his hopping descent; I'll allow it. Now to go line the TV room with metallic wallpaper, and to come up with a different folksy colloquialism. As for the greedy companies, if there's anything practical I'd be concerned about, it would be cell modems. But at the end of the day, there's a high enough percentage of people who just happily hand over WiFi passwords that I'm not concerned about companies going to the expense to scrape up that last 0.5% of users who say "hell, no" when prompted for a credentials.