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- on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1d ago
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
Yup. I did this with my Vizio TV and it worked great for a while. Then the TV started rebooting mutiple times a day. If i disconnect it from the WiFi or let it have full internet access the problem stops. It seems that their “Smartcast” app will crash and force a reboot if it can’t phone home when it wants.
I paid good money for this TV back when Vizio wss considered a good brand and I hate to retire it just for this, so I’ve given up my nice Home Assistant integrations and it’s just a disconnected dumb TV now. You can’t downgeade the firmware either so they’ve essentially killed the smart features for me. Should be illegal.
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
Or more likely it’ll just use DoH or DoT. DNS blocking is still effective but it’s becoming less so as these companies wise up.
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
Yup, this can get used for very scary stuff. As you said it’s low bandwidth, but since edge devices are more powerful that’s less of a limitation than you might think. A TV could easily do speech to text, rough ACR, and device fingerprinting all locally without any internet connection, then summarize and compress that data for a daily or weekly upload. No need to send the large data itself, just a a small report that’s a few KB in size.
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on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
Read up on Amazon Sidewalk. I’m not saying your TV is using it, but with 5G and mesh networking companies are finding ways to get data back to them without relying on you.
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on US judge ruled AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected by First Amendment. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
What? Even if you’re right that CSAM was included in training data (and that’s highly debated), it would absolutely have been inadvertent and due to the Internet dragnet style of training. I don’t know where you get the idea that AI companies would ask for more CSAM and drive up demand to “improve” their model.
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on GrapheneOS project: pixel 11 no longer supports hardware memory tagging (MTE); GrapheneOS might skip the the whole pixel 11 series in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
What do you find bad about the 9? I bought a used 8 to try GrapheneOS on, but the HW isn’t as good as my S23. I was thinking of maybe going to a 9 or 10 if I could make GOS my daily, not just for the better cameras and ultrasonic FP reader, but the desktop mode on the 8 is god awful. The output is so heavily compressed and only does 1080p, DeX just crushes it.
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on I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026
I loved the “idea” of the Chromecast and used them exclusively for over 5 years. However the implementation was always the issue. Phones would always disconnect leading to the inability to control it, and after recent updates, kill the stream mod session.
A hybrid approach is the best IMO. A remote for ease of access and quick things, plus casting for when you alreay have your phone out and want to use the better interface.
So does mine but I actually like it. Not for the reason it was put on there, god no, but I can use it in my Home Assistant automations. Now whenever I brush my teeth my bathroom speaker starts playing the daily news highlights.
You could use it for other things too, like a reminder if you forgot to brush, could be good for kids. But the default functionality is complete garbage. Why they thought you’d want an app to time brushing your teeth when the vibrate function does the same thing is beyond me. I just got them because they were a good deal at Costco and I didnt pay extra for the bluetooth.