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Be careful if you are using Roku, read the Privacy Policy. (docs.roku.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

Clarification: after a bit of research it seems the olfactory section pertains to CCPA California law, many places have olfactory in the privacy policy because it is required by the law. I can't believe we reached a point where we have to put olfactory in the privacy policy, but then again it won't be long before Smell-O-Vision becomes reality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision

They removed it, archived here: https://archive.ph/YYBuJ

Also have a California ip you get a different privacy policy.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 days ago (3 children)

my roku TV felt my wrath because it dared to show me a banner ad while I was in the middle of a game.

i promptly disabled internet on it completely. now it's a dumb TV. and my life is much better.

[–] electronVolt 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I want to recommend that you change your WiFi password. Even though you disabled the internet, it may still phone home.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

oh it's a relief that we have recently changed it. the bastard roku is completely locked out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Better yet, tear the wifi antenna off the board, can't connect to wifi without any antenna, no matter how hard you try.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i’d rather masturbate with a cheese grater than own a “smart” tv….

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

We'll have fun all TV's are smart TVs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i don’t own a tv… just a computer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah an even smarter tv than a tv

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

yeah but i actually control my computer

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And more lies we like to tell ourselves

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

no like i’ve been a computer nerd my whole life and went to college for computer science… and i control my own computer, unlike almost everyone else.
and at least with a pc you can control it… most people don’t

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

and at least with a pc you can control it

True.

most people don’t

Also true, and why I was skeptical.
Heck, you have people saying they control their computer but Chrome is going around scanning their entire system without them realising it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

That isn’t true

Samsung QBR line is an example of a dumb tv

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Yep disabled Internet and I cast video from my phone to the TV so I can control what appears on the screen.