From: jjhudak@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 12:40:38 PM UTC-4, hub...@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
   > >    
   > >Sorry it didn't work out.    
   > >   
   > I got the new Sony working - except for getting TV box remote    
   > to work with it.    
   > The new TV was quite-something - the initial setup involved a    
   > series of " Terms and Conditions " from Master Google !    
   > - inescapable, no option to opt out, sheeesh ..    
   > It makes me afraid to use the TV's wifi !    
   > John T.   
      
   The LG TV replacement I got for my Samsung had a similar terms and conditions   
   section...actually, a number of them.  It makes for interesting (and long)   
   reading.  For the LG, one basically gives LG the OK to do anything they want   
   in terms of monitoring    
   and harvesting data from your TV.   IIRC, I was able to decline everything.    
   Not sure how I'll handle sw updates. Probably on a usb stick.   I was also   
   able to turn off the WIFI.  The only thing I have plugged into my tv is the   
   Amazon firestick which I    
   am sure they use to see what I watch on Netflix, but at least they arn't   
   watching everything on my TV.  A few years ago LG got slapped with some big   
   fines for not disclosing what all they were harvesting from the TV so I'd like   
   to think they cleaned up    
   their act.   
      
   The whole TV connected to the net issue is bass-ackwards.  The mfg position is   
   that the TV will be plugged into the net (one way or another) and all the   
   interfaces go through the  manufactures software.  Instead, it should be that   
   the unit is not    
   configured for the net and the user can choose to enable it initially, or   
   disable it whenever they want.   
   j   
      
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