moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square306fedilinkarrow-up1899arrow-down113 cross-posted to: internetofshit
arrow-up1886arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square306fedilink cross-posted to: internetofshit
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-up2·3 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.