• ji59@hilariouschaos.com
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    2 days ago

    Ads via HDMI shouldn’t work if the TV doesn’t have internet connection, by my understanding. So I do not see any problems there.

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      oh don’t worry, they’ll start participating in mesh networks with your neighbors’ smart devices and getting internet access that way

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        2 days ago

        or using like 4g/5g network for ads for free, sucking up all the data bandwidth from smartphone users so they can make sure we got our daily ad dosage!

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      2 days ago

      I seem to recall reafing that smart TVs have a list of default passwords they use to try and connect to the to wifi networks they find…