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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 May 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Anis ⣢

    “Your firmware will not be updated since you did not agree to the collection & use of your personal info…”—Samsunghttps://twitter.com/0xUID/status/728538189242191872 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Anis ⣢ @0xUID
    WTF @samsung?! #privacy pic.twitter.com/4ckC2lPuvC
    1:50 PM - 6 May 2016
    • 362 Retweets
    • 138 Likes
    • Matthew Stegmeier Joe Chengery Richard Akerman Thomas Lekanger Chris Tony Alberto Aparicio de N. Foxy Girl Kazımcan Polat
    14 replies 362 retweets 138 likes
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Thanking @glen_ford for the heads-up on the previous tweet.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        Crazy, right? Also, exactly the same terms you agree to when you use a “cloud” service like Google, Facebook, etc.https://twitter.com/aral/status/728688492037984256 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        “Your firmware will not be updated since you did not agree to the collection & use of your personal info…”—Samsung https://twitter.com/0xUID/status/728538189242191872 …
        1 reply 6 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Frans Bouma‏ @FransBouma 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Fake, I've never seen that on magician, nor is there a way to tell it to collect data...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 May 2016
        Replying to @FransBouma

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Frans Bouma

        Ah, a gauntlet is dispatched… Hey @0xUID @FransBouma just called fake on your screenshot. I’ll let you two chat.https://twitter.com/FransBouma/status/728864849678237696 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Frans Bouma @FransBouma
        Replying to @aral
        @aral Fake, I've never seen that on magician, nor is there a way to tell it to collect data...
        3 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Anis ⣢‏ @0xUID 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @FransBouma Yeah i shop'd that with unicorn from my backyard just to troll Samsung for no reason whatsoever...

        2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 7 May 2016
        Replying to @0xUID

        @0xUID @FransBouma rotfl ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Casper Olsen‏ @Casper_O 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Casper Olsen Retweeted Kevin ツ

        @aral this guy called Phillips - they knew when he last used his tvhttps://twitter.com/kevinlunddk/status/727851521665290240 …

        Casper Olsen added,

        Kevin ツ @KevinLundDK
        Et supportopkald til Philips afslører, at Philips fakttisk kan overvåge mit TV og se hvornår jeg sidst har brugt det 😱😱
        2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
      3. Casper Olsen‏ @Casper_O 7 May 2016
        Replying to @Casper_O

        @aral I actually wonder how much more they knew about @KevinLundDK TV usage...

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Jon Schiefer‏ @BrandXJon 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Isn't that a violation of California law? Manufacturers are required to support products for 7 years. @mikko @0xUID @samsung

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      1. Pete Aylward | @peteaylward@mastodon.social‏ @peteaylward 6 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Our samsung 'smart' telly won't do anything online when their servers are down. Has to phone home before accessing anything at all.

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      1. Dave Welden  🕯‏ @froligozene 6 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @petrillic @0xUID @samsung My dumb tv looks better every day 📺

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      2. Tim‏ @SonTimoman 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @CareyShenkman wouldn't it be something if people just stopped buying new electronics and when corps ask why, folks reply "No privacy"

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      1. RonV42‏ @RonV42 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral This why I don't want a Android TV, smart TV, etc. More data being sent to be sold to anyone.

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      1. Phil Levesque‏ @yagmoth555 6 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @cityofcrows sry, but doomed you are.. as now they can use unpatched security flaw to bypass your privacy.

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      2. Rod Lockwood‏ @WhitePhoenixUS 7 May 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @aral All companies have been doing this. Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, any company on the Internet & many who aren’t.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Rod Lockwood‏ @WhitePhoenixUS 7 May 2016
        Replying to @WhitePhoenixUS

        @aral They consider gathering information about your buying habits part of “merchandising”.

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      4. Rod Lockwood‏ @WhitePhoenixUS 7 May 2016
        Replying to @WhitePhoenixUS

        @aral Not that it really works. I even did an experiment. Made it super easy for them. I received no contacts about what I wanted to buy.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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