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Be careful if you are using Roku, read the Privacy Policy. (docs.roku.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

Clarification: after a bit of research it seems the olfactory section pertains to CCPA California law, many places have olfactory in the privacy policy because it is required by the law. I can't believe we reached a point where we have to put olfactory in the privacy policy, but then again it won't be long before Smell-O-Vision becomes reality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision

They removed it, archived here: https://archive.ph/YYBuJ

Also have a California ip you get a different privacy policy.

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[-] Nima@leminal.space 69 points 1 week ago

my roku TV felt my wrath because it dared to show me a banner ad while I was in the middle of a game.

i promptly disabled internet on it completely. now it's a dumb TV. and my life is much better.

[-] electronVolt@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago

I want to recommend that you change your WiFi password. Even though you disabled the internet, it may still phone home.

[-] Nima@leminal.space 12 points 6 days ago

oh it's a relief that we have recently changed it. the bastard roku is completely locked out.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Better yet, tear the wifi antenna off the board, can't connect to wifi without any antenna, no matter how hard you try.

[-] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago

i’d rather masturbate with a cheese grater than own a “smart” tv….

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

We'll have fun all TV's are smart TVs.

[-] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

i don’t own a tv… just a computer

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Ah an even smarter tv than a tv

[-] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

yeah but i actually control my computer

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network -3 points 5 days ago

And more lies we like to tell ourselves

[-] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

no like i’ve been a computer nerd my whole life and went to college for computer science… and i control my own computer, unlike almost everyone else.
and at least with a pc you can control it… most people don’t

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 4 days ago

and at least with a pc you can control it

True.

most people don’t

Also true, and why I was skeptical.
Heck, you have people saying they control their computer but Chrome is going around scanning their entire system without them realising it!

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

That isn’t true

Samsung QBR line is an example of a dumb tv

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

Yep disabled Internet and I cast video from my phone to the TV so I can control what appears on the screen.

[-] Cutecity@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Using screen mirroring or does it still access the home network?

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Just screen mirroring iirc.

For reference, I have a Samsung S23, and I use the Smart View function that you can find if you pull down twice the top of the screen and get to the Quick Settings drawer. I think my phone and TV had to be on the same WiFi network at first for the phone to be able to find the TV, but after that I can turn WiFi off on both devices and Smart View still remembers the Roku TV.

Oddly, after screen mirroring begins and I can see my phone screen on the Roku TV, if I scroll down on the Quick Settings drawer it shows the phone's WiFi is on, but the symbol next to my signal bars is clearly 4G LTE or 5G and not WiFi.

Works pretty well unless you have too much ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) in which case the lag sucks and may even cease the connection. I've been using screen mirroring for years though and it's great.

Good luck!