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Smart TVs must showcase Australian free-to-air channels alongside streaming services under proposed legislation (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it okay to start covering things with tinfoil yet?, I have herd rumors that these "smart" things are so internet access horny they will steal the negbors guest wifi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Something like Amazon Sidewalk could be used by a device to send back telemetry theoretically but I haven't heard of it actually being used for that. Connecting to an open Wi-Fi network or through some partnership with an ISPs (like Xfinity) seems like the easiest thing a device could do though.

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh man, I forgot about that beutiful thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

What in the actual fuck