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Feeling really happy that my tv lost internet privileges a while back
make Orwell fiction again
So how do we disable/sabotage that feature?
Don’t put your TV on the Internet
One approach per the article:
Approach 1: DNS block (trivial, effective for network-routed devices):
proxyjs.brdtnet.com
proxyjs.luminatinet.com
proxyjs.bright-sdk.com
clientsdk.bright-sdk.com
clientsdk.brdtnet.comPardon my ignorance but how do you know what DNS server to block?
In the article they have this info under defense approaches.
It’s not blocking a DNS server, it’s using DNS to block their specific servers.
I blocked them as wildcard domains on Android with app RethinkDNS.
Nice, they were already blocked on my router
I’ve had great success with using a PC instead. My TV acts like a glorified monitor. I take an old PC, run Ethernet to it (Wi-Fi if it’s capable) and install Linux mint for the PC’s operating system. Windows works if you have a supported version. But since it’s always an old PC, I just use mint. Then I get a cheapo wireless keyboard, and when I want to watch TV I wake the PC up from hibernation, turn on the TV and speakers, and I can use Firefox with Ublock origin to keep ads and tracking to a minimum.
I couldn’t ever go back to using janky TV apps and being suspicious that it’s watching/listening to me.
Good thing I air gapped my TV.
Ehhh…yeah, maybe, but I think that the problem is really broader than that.
Petflix, a Roku app documented by The Verge, is a representative case. Its opt-in screen reads: “To enjoy Petflix for free with fewer ads, you are allowing Bright Data to occasionally use your device’s free resources and IP address to download public web data from the internet…
Say you have kids. And your kids have friends over. Are you curating what “free” apps your kids’ friends have on their phones that they connect to your WiFi network?
Those kids had to sit through the security PowerPoint before getting the Wi-Fi just like my kids did. If they fail the phishing test they comes around a week after the presentation they will not make it on my devices whitelist.
I control all apps, so yes.
This is why I use a Linux box hooked up to a crt
I maintain that everyone who buys every pice of smart crap tech is a fucking idiot.
Depends. This year I bought a smart-crap air purifier. It can only be used connected to the manufacturer’s app, connected online.
Except, this smart-crap is powered by an ESP32 system on chip, a very popular development kit amongst DIYers and electronic hobbyists. Some smartass has already created a program to make use off 100% of this air purifier functionalities, connecting only to Home Assistant, completely locally! Unboxed the thing, tear it down, flash the chip, and BOOM ! Turn the smart-crap into a reasonable Home-Automation device. All thanks to the collective efforts of smart, altruistic people.
I am all for people buying all sorts of smart-crap devices if they hack them and share instructions online :D
Hi. Idiot here.
How i am supossed tl watch tv if i pay no subscription and in my country there is no open tv signal?
Thanks for being so smart and helping idiots like me.
I don’t watch TV so that’s a you problem. And you can watch TV on a monitor, its just not as big.
Privacy is ultimately lost isn’t it?
It’s just a matter of time before actual 1984 level prevention of wrong comments and everyone is going to be listened to all the time.
Whether AI grows quickly or slowly it will just add to it. Those with power will control it and it will reinforce their opinions and silence ours.
A note on what the partner list proves: Being listed in Bright Data’s config means an integration might have existed at some point. It does not by itself prove that a specific publisher’s currently-shipping app(s) includes the SDK in production. For any named publisher, per-app verification is required.
I’m not sure what this article is claiming is happening? My TV is browsing websites? Why haven’t they proven it? Seems like it would be relatively simple to monitor the web traffic from the TV to see if that’s happening, then they wouldn’t put a disclaimer about it being unproven, Are they asking me to do the verification work for them?
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It’s in the article.
If you search you can find lists of ips ordered by country.
In pihole you can add these lists, so the traffic in and out will be blocked.
I learned today my router (Japan domestic Buffalo router) can’t block domains, only IPs. That’s annoying.
Might be time for a firewall device to be added to your network.
I’ll watch thrifted HD-DVDs on my garage sale 9" CRT, thanks!
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