moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square304fedilinkarrow-up1905arrow-down113 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1892arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square304fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarethatKamGuylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat sounds awful; hopefully you were at least able to poison their DB with a fake name and a 10minutemail (or similar) account?
minus-squareCOASTER1921@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoBasically, though I tend to use GMX email aliases for these sorts of useless signups. I don’t want some temporary email account to be all that’s needed to get control over my TV should I ever connect it to the internet again.
That sounds awful; hopefully you were at least able to poison their DB with a fake name and a 10minutemail (or similar) account?
Basically, though I tend to use GMX email aliases for these sorts of useless signups. I don’t want some temporary email account to be all that’s needed to get control over my TV should I ever connect it to the internet again.