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Aral Balkan
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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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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 22

      Was looking at televisions today and saw that @sony’s Bravia televisions come with built-in surveillance courtesy of Google Android. Won’t be getting one of those then (shame, the picture quality and sound are amazing. But nothing’s worth having spyware in your living room).

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 22

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      Anyone know how @panasonic televisions compare in terms of privacy? I read they use a Firefox OS variant (means nothing, of course, but at least it’s not Google Android TV). (The picture on the Panasonic OLEDs are rather amazing also.)https://twitter.com/aral/status/988156340853006336 …

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      Aral Balkan @aral
      Was looking at televisions today and saw that @sony’s Bravia televisions come with built-in surveillance courtesy of Google Android. Won’t be getting one of those then (shame, the picture quality and sound are amazing. But nothing’s worth having spyware in your living room).
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        2. Jesper Lund‏ @je5perl Apr 22
          Replying to @aral

          LG OLED is also non-Android based https://www.flatpanelshd.com/review.php?subaction=showfull&id=1506590109 … webOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS , haven't studied any privacy policies, though.

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 22
          Replying to @je5perl

          Have an LG projector with WebOS. Doesn’t require a connection to function. The Apple-recommended LG monitor I have for my computer has terrible ghosting though so vary of LG screens.

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        4. Eric Eggert‏ @yatil Apr 22
          Replying to @aral @je5perl

          Don’t we all just want a dumb rectangular screen that does nothing but getting fed pretty pictures? I don’t want to buy anything “smart”.

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        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 22
          Replying to @yatil @je5perl

          Alas, what we want, what we’re told we want, and what we get are usually all different things :) #SurveillanceCapitalism

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        1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Apr 22
          Replying to @ruthvitale1 @panasonic

          Thanks, Ruth. See some of the other replies I’ve favourited/RTed – looks like LG’s “smart” TVs also spy on you.

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        1. Ross McAllister‏ @rossmcalli Apr 23
          Replying to @aral @panasonic

          This consumer reports article my be useful. https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features/ … FWIW, I’ve got an LG that has never been connected to the internet. The risk of stuff like this didn’t seem to outweigh what I would be getting from a “Smart TV” Dumb TV > Spyware TV

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        1. Chris Swan‏ @cpswan Apr 22
          Replying to @aral

          I've been very happy with dumb TVs from Samsung and Pioneer (and Kodi on Raspberry Pis for smarts without surveillance)

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        1. Morten Jølnæs‏ @MBJolnas Apr 22
          Replying to @aral @panasonic

          Don't know Panasonic, but don't Samsung sell some with Tizen, and LG with WebOS? Not sure how they are in terms of privacy but at least it is not Google

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