Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoTelly has only delivered 35,000 of its free televisions with always-on adswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkTelly has only delivered 35,000 of its free televisions with always-on adswww.engadget.comLudicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·6 hours agoThat’s the neat part, the USA, being known for moronic decisions, made it so circumventing DRM measures on hardware you own is a federal crime. Telly detects you attempted to do that, Telly can send you to prison.
minus-squaredeltaspawn0040@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 minutes agoDRM is for restricting access, not guaranteeing constant mandatory access. I think it would be a gray area if someone disabled the ads.
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 hours agoDon’t connect the “smart” bits to the internet and just use the screen. No one would know. I expect it is small and/or crappy though.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 hours agoNever connect your monitors to the internet. Then hack them.
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoYou can do it yourself, but the actual crime is if you tell someone how to circumvent it.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI know I’ve seen this before but don’t remember what it is.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agoThe decryption key for DVDs.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 hours agoMy television sending me to prison wasn’t exactly the dystopic future I had imagined but it will do.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 hours agoEh I already break the law on the daily.
That’s the neat part, the USA, being known for moronic decisions, made it so circumventing DRM measures on hardware you own is a federal crime. Telly detects you attempted to do that, Telly can send you to prison.
DRM is for restricting access, not guaranteeing constant mandatory access. I think it would be a gray area if someone disabled the ads.
Don’t connect the “smart” bits to the internet and just use the screen. No one would know. I expect it is small and/or crappy though.
Never connect your monitors to the internet.
Then hack them.
You can do it yourself, but the actual crime is if you tell someone how to circumvent it.
I know I’ve seen this before but don’t remember what it is.
The decryption key for DVDs.
My television sending me to prison wasn’t exactly the dystopic future I had imagined but it will do.
Literally 1984 shit.
Eh I already break the law on the daily.
We all do.