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On my TCL TV, you have to connect it to read the Google policies you are agreeing to. If you don't, you agree to policies unread. Thankfully, the blast radius
by lelandfe 4mo ago
On my TCL TV, you have to connect it to read the Google policies you are agreeing to. If you don't, you agree to policies unread.
Thankfully, the blast radius of this is nothing without connectivity.
- idiotsecant 4mo agoBut it lets you continue without reading them? There's a lot of questionable terms of service rules but this one has to be unenforcable.
- lelandfe 4mo agoYou must check a checkbox in agreement to continue. To read the policies one agrees to, an internet connection is required. You may check the checkbox without reading. As far as I have found from a lot of menu spelunking, this agreement is irrevocable. If I ever go online, it will be used.
- trumpdong 4mo agoThat's the kind of thing that doesn't always hold up in court.
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- rationalist 4mo agoThe reality is, no one is going to take the companies to court over things like this.
- wiml 4mo agoDisney eventually walked it back due to bad PR, but this did happen: https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit/ https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-la...
- rationalist 4mo agoThat has very little in common with 99.999+% of people who don't experience a tragedy like that and just have their data used against them.
- drhike 4mo agoIf it has an Ethernet port I would use that then unplug it. It still gets to phone home once but you don't have to worry about it maliciously saving your Wi-Fi password for later
- tamimio 4mo agoYou can create a guest wifi with temporary password, I do that when I need to connect devices that might store the password like kindle or such.
- secretsatan 4mo ago[dead]
- elzbardico 4mo agoIf I don't connect to the internet ever, my agreement to Google policies is probably a moot point.
- rationalist 4mo agoIf you don't connect, sure. If a visitor connects the TV, all bets are off.
- lelandfe 4mo agoI have had to tell people not to connect the TV. It yearns for release.
- asdff 4mo agoSounds like a great reason to return a TV. It isn't like you must have a TCL TV.