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'The modern "smart" TV asks a lot of us. In exchange for connecting you to a
few streaming services you use, a TV will collect data, show ads, and serve as
another vector for bad actors. In a few reported cases, though, a modern
connected TV has been blamed for attacks not on privacy, eyeballs, or passwords
but on an entirely different computer.
The TV in question is a Hisense TV, and the computer is a Windows PC,
specifically one belonging to Priscilla Snow, a musician and audio designer in
Montreal, Quebec. Her post about her Hisense experience reads like a mystery
novel. Of course, because you already know the crime and the culprit, it's more
like a Columbo episode. Either way, it's thrilling in a very specific
I-can't-believe-that-fixed-it kind of way.'
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
