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egamirorrim 4 hours ago

This stuffs mad, should I be doing something to my Samsung TV to neuter it? Has anyone rolled all this up somewhere?

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zug_zug 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There was just a post yesterday about how to root your samsung. I rooted my samsung and removed ads, mics, and my agent is looking into this one as we speak [codex].

Happy to post to github if you'd like.

	▲	tomrod 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Any word on rooting TCL models?

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Gigachad 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There needs to be a class action against these companies. People should straight up go to jail for how invasive these TVs are.

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cowlevel 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Except none of it is illegal, so what would you sue them for?

	▲	mjburgess an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Under GDPR a fair amount is illegal

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driverdan 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't connect it to the internet.

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KetoManx64 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do a search on X on the topic, the news about Samsung was broken on there by a guy who had rooted his Samsung TV using AI tools and he and others created guides for neutering the stuff out of it

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dannyw 3 hours ago | parent [-]

He also got his OpenAI account banned after sharing the findings for 'violating cyber policies'. https://x.com/i/trending/2113715638950912393

	▲	KetoManx64 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm glad for that. The harder OpenAI squeezes the more people leave for open source models.

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chinathrow 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unplug it.

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ozgrakkurt 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Selling it off might be a good solution

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salawat 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That makes it someone else's problem who is less informed. You shouldn't be fine foisting problems on people too ignorant to deal with it.

	▲	throw-qqqqq 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I agree with you in principle, but also you can’t fight all the battles singlehandedly :(

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matkoniecz 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not buy smart TVs and especially Samsung smart devices in general?

From what I heard these are especially awful, even by low IoT standards.

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sir_brickalot 34 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

What about my existing device(s)? I don't want to be the one piling on the huge mountain of electronic trash! So how can I save my device from evil?

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Gigachad 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All smart TVs are evil and you’d be hard pressed to find a non smart tv these days.

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tonyedgecombe 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Samsung does seem to be particularly bad. I’ve heard enough stories that I would never buy one of their products.

	▲	machomaster an hour ago \| parent [-]
		LG is even worse.