I think they are saying to just not connect whatever. E.g. buy the smart TV and don’t connect it to the internet.
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Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 days agoTVs seem to have been pretty much taken over by ‘smart’ features.
I don’t mean this as a dare or a gotcha, but genuinely asking if you know of a decently priced modern TV that’s ‘dumb’ please let me know so I can buy it.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 days ago
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Doesn’t work anymore; they make shadow mesh nets with yoyr neighbors’ devices so if one connects…
Auth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah when I brought a TV a few years ago I could not find a good one that wasnt ‘Smart’ except for commercial variants that were an extra couple of thousand.
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
That’s because the TVs are subsidized by selling your stolen info.
Auth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Ugh how depressing