Adult Language Might want to watch this if you own an LG TV

[BrAinPaiNt]

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[BrAinPaiNt]

You can find youtube videos on how to go into developer mode on some devices that allows you to turn off cameras and or microphones.

I do not do the voice control so I do not mind turning off the mic options.

Thankfully have a TV in my man cave that is not a smart TV.

The Onn 4k streaming pro device is what I use for my steaming device. It runs google TV. Plenty of settings you can use.

At one time they had made the search function within the software be voice controlled only. Hated it. Gave feedback about it and I imagine many others did as well.

So they finally added a link so you can search using the virtual keyboard. But they make it a tad harder to find instead of the option they used to have..

Now, I know I know...using the virtual keyboard still provides information for ad software but at least it is not being inputted any time someone is speaking.

So you can find good info of how to try and change some of the settings...but they are making it harder and harder because they are making too much money.


You would think if they were going to make so much money off of consumers without most knowing it, they would sell them a bit cheaper. Well I guess they do sell them cheaper than before but it would be nice if the consumer could willingly work with the system and still get a little money out of it similar to how Google does the google opinion awards and wally world does the spark community survey rewards.

 

[SlammedZero]

We're entering a pretty crazy time in humanity. Everything you do is being tracked, analyzed, and harvested for data. Hell, you can't even fire up a video game and play anymore without first agreeing to a small legal novel before they'll let you shoot people.

And we're slowly moving toward a world where you don't actually own much of anything anymore. Physical media? Ha. We're being pushed toward everything being digital. And once everything is digital, you're not really buying something anymore. You're buying a license to access it. And when that license expires, or a company changes its terms, they can potentially yank it right out from under you. Ask Sony how that works.
Technology was supposed to make life easier. Somehow we ended up giving it our privacy, our autonomy, and eventually our ownership.

Somebody just take me and drop me back off in the 90s. 1997 SlammedZero is sitting in front of a CRT TV with a stack of CDs, playing a game that doesn't require an account, doesn't have a battle pass, doesn't have telemetry, doesn't need a server, and doesn't ask me to agree to anything before pressing START.

Now.....get off my lawn!!

 

[triplets_93]

I have LG and Roku and I do not use Voice Activation for them.

There are many videos on YouTube about how to make your phone safer and more private, not sharing all these metrics with the advertisers, who of course focus on the "what" of what you buy, but also focus on the minutia of what triggered you to make clicks where, and from what clickbait titles or images, etc., etc.

I watch the videos on YouTube of:

The Phone Guardian

Android Man

Rossen Reports

 

[YosemiteSam]

You can find youtube videos on how to go into developer mode on some devices that allows you to turn off cameras and or microphones.

I do not do the voice control so I do not mind turning off the mic options.

Thankfully have a TV in my man cave that is not a smart TV.

The Onn 4k streaming pro device is what I use for my steaming device. It runs google TV. Plenty of settings you can use.

At one time they had made the search function within the software be voice controlled only. Hated it. Gave feedback about it and I imagine many others did as well.

So they finally added a link so you can search using the virtual keyboard. But they make it a tad harder to find instead of the option they used to have..

Now, I know I know...using the virtual keyboard still provides information for ad software but at least it is not being inputted any time someone is speaking.

So you can find good info of how to try and change some of the settings...but they are making it harder and harder because they are making too much money.


You would think if they were going to make so much money off of consumers without most knowing it, they would sell them a bit cheaper. Well I guess they do sell them cheaper than before but it would be nice if the consumer could willingly work with the system and still get a little money out of it similar to how Google does the google opinion awards and wally world does the spark community survey rewards.

Yeah, those Onn's are popular with the illegal IPTV platforms that are popping up everywhere.

I have an Onn 4k box that I tried as I am getting quite aggravated with Roku, but it is definitely more clunky than a Roku, but then Roku has been around longer than Android TV which gave it more time to mature. That said, the recent changes Roku just made to the UI generated a string of complaints to Roku...

 

[speedkilz88]

My TV isn't a smart TV, but I can hook up a TV box to it. I use a Roku. I'm not sure if my TV can spy on me or not. It's a Samsung flat screen that I bought in 2015. Is there some way I can figure out if it spies or not?

If the tv is not connected to the internet it couldn't "spy" on you. But the roku is connected to the internet but it probably doesn't have a camera but it does probably "spy" on what you are watching. (for ad purposes)

 

[Reverend Conehead]

If the tv is not connected to the internet it couldn't "spy" on you. But the roku is connected to the internet but it probably doesn't have a camera but it does probably "spy" on what you are watching. (for ad purposes)

I don't care if Roku uses my info for their ads, but I wouldn't be pleased if they sold it to God only knows who.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

And we're slowly moving toward a world where you don't actually own much of anything anymore. Physical media? Ha. We're being pushed toward everything being digital. And once everything is digital, you're not really buying something anymore. You're buying a license to access it. And when that license expires, or a company changes its terms, they can potentially yank it right out from under you.

"You'll own nothing and be happy."

 

[YosemiteSam]

And we're slowly moving toward a world where you don't actually own much of anything anymore. Physical media? Ha. We're being pushed toward everything being digital. And once everything is digital, you're not really buying something anymore. You're buying a license to access it. And when that license expires, or a company changes its terms, they can potentially yank it right out from under you. Ask Sony how that works.

It also creates catalyst torwards consolidation of wealth. When something is digital, they can create it once but can sell 50 trillion copies of it and then expire your license and sell another 50 trillion copies of it.

When they can't do that, they disable the ability to repair the item forcing you to create more landfills and buy brand new. It's is completely absurd that they can legally sell a battery powered device that you cannot change the battery in. That is wrong on so many levels and if I explain why, Backwoods Sexy will start threatening the ban-hammer!

 

[triplets_93]

If the tv is not connected to the internet it couldn't "spy" on you. But the roku is connected to the internet but it probably doesn't have a camera but it does probably "spy" on what you are watching. (for ad purposes)

If the TV is setup by your selections to collect data on you, it does this whether the TV is connected to the internet or not. Then, at some point when and if the TV is ever connected to the internet, that data collected will be shared.

 

[speedkilz88]

If the TV is setup by your selections to collect data on you, it does this whether the TV is connected to the internet or not. Then, at some point when and if the TV is ever connected to the internet, that data collected will be shared.

He said his tv wasn't a smart tv.

 

[triplets_93]

He said his tv wasn't a smart tv.

Okay, I see.

 

[HungryLion]

My OLED must be used to seeing me with a j in one hand and a bag of chips in the other.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Yeah, those Onn's are popular with the illegal IPTV platforms that are popping up everywhere.

I have an Onn 4k box that I tried as I am getting quite aggravated with Roku, but it is definitely more clunky than a Roku, but then Roku has been around longer than Android TV which gave it more time to mature. That said, the recent changes Roku just made to the UI generated a string of complaints to Roku...

I have had the Onn, Roku and Firestick.

I think Roku had the best GUI.
But they did not give you the freedom of loading side apps.
Firestick does give you that freedom, but they are starting to try and stop some of that an talk of coming up with their own OS.

Onn is really the best bang for the buck. Plenty of room on it and you can do the side loading of apps.

I have wanted to get an invidia shield but the price is just a little high to me and word is they are due to have a new product soon.

 

[speedkilz88]

I have had the Onn, Roku and Firestick.

I think Roku had the best GUI.
But they did not give you the freedom of loading side apps.
Firestick does give you that freedom, but they are starting to try and stop some of that an talk of coming up with their own OS.

Onn is really the best bang for the buck. Plenty of room on it and you can do the side loading of apps.

I have wanted to get an invidia shield but the price is just a little high to me and word is they are due to have a new product soon.

There is talk that linux boxes that do android are the next big thing. It might give invidia shield type snap for cheaper.

 

[speedkilz88]

$400 for their 65" AI model

https://www.walmart.com/ip/65UA7500...=&classType=REGULAR&athbdg=L1103&from=/search

 

[Reality]

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