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Watching a Smart TV? It's watching you, too.

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BS. This is a great thing. (Score: 1, Interesting)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-10 18:38 (#1GT)

We WANT this potential. Allowing freedom means allowing malware if we're not careful.Otherwise our devices are walled garden iPablum that are allowed to run software only after approval by the company in charge, if they deign to consider it at all.

Nothing wrong with a curated app store of course, as long as it's not the only choice.

Re: BS. This is a great thing. (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-10 23:19 (#1GW)

There is a middle ground. I have a Samsung TV that has a USB input and can decode any media file I've thrown at it. It's not a smart TV by any definition - no Web browsing, no apps - but it has a great picture and plays my downloaded shows without a glitch. Sometimes you need to think about your real needs and not the razzle dazzle the manufacturers offer

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Time Reason Points Voter
2014-05-10 23:41 Insightful +1 songofthepogo@pipedot.org

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