Technology @beehaw.org sabreW4K3 @lazysoci.al 2mo ago

New Google TV update will track your movement

www.pocket-lint.com /google-tv-presence-detection-and-gemini/

Imagine walking into your living room and your TV automatically telling you the weather and your calendar for the day. If this is a future you can imagine, you'll be pleased to hear that Google is working on a new mode for Google TV that does just that.

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I'd prefer to imagine a world in which a multi-billion dollar corporation isn't tracking my every step to sell me more shit, and yet here we are...
- I remember when tech companies used to do cool things just because it was cool and people were interested in the cool things, and they were making improvements and all sorts of fun stuff.
  
  Now it's all just done for... idk
  
  Now it's all just done for... idk
  
  Money. This is capitalism. The answer is money.
  
  When was this? 1978?
Drink Verification Can.
- Say McDonalds to continue
I continue to look for dumb tvs, but there are precious few. They're either small, or big outdoor monitors. I want an awesome screen TV that's dumb as dirt.
- Every TV is a dumb TV it isn't connected to internet.
  
  They all have annoyances when you don't do what they want. I want a TV that doesn't want anything.
  
  Pretty sure roku ones don't allow to be used until you accept their terms online
- my LG oled works really well as a dumb TV with it disconnected from the Internet
RESUME VIEWING

RESUME VIEWING

RESUME VIEWING
lol, Google is an advertising company, this will be a nightmare “feature”.
- ad will complete once presence is detected
  
  I would gladly factory reset my television and run off osmc or something if that becomes the norm.
I can do this already, all locally, with home assistant. Thanks anyway.
- I did it all with a Pi powered magicmirror² which I prefer since it's my bathroom mirror anyway.
  
  I just look at what the weather is. And check my calendar.
- Right, I'm ok with the TV (or local assistant) knowing I'm in the room. But why does personal convenience have to become the panopticon, tech bros?
  
  because they only make some money selling you convenience and they can make all the money by putting you in a panopticon.
No it will fucking not dumpster
Radar IS spying though
Fortunately, Google TV is fairly easy to lock down and has permission management similar to android (because its just android with a custom launcher)
- system apps have whatever permissions they want, and you can't remove them. so much for easy permission management, when the adversary is the manufacturer
The weather will be what it will be, and I already have a calendar.

The TV is off until the evening anyways, I cannot see the point of this at all.
No. I dont want that. Look for something that I actually want and try not to add it to the Google graveyard.
I thought this was The Onion for a second xD

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