At least the Electronic Frontier Foundation will keep fighting for our rights. I support them :)
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I have nothing but contempt for this business model.
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It's not the real name for the crime, obviously. But, it's true that section 1201 of the DMCA makes it illegal to bypass "access controls", which are so loosely defined that just about anything qualifies. As a result, any device with "access controls" gets to define how you're allowed to interact with it, and if you interact with it in the wrong way, even if you own it, you're committing a felony.
I need to uno reverse this bitch by suing them for their tv violating the access controls of my house's wifi
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When people ask a farmer how they've managed to keep their tractor running for 50 years
"The secret ingredient is crime"
It’s Cory Doctorow’s pet name for it. Like most terms he comes up with, it’s almost too brutally honest to say in polite company.
Well then, I guess I'm here to do crime.
Anyone have a good guide on how to jailbreak my "smart" TV to install Linux in order to run adblock on my TV
Step 1. Never connect it to the Internet. Step 2. Connect Linux machine. Step 3. Profit.
I do this. It's the best. You can buy used HP or Dell mini workstations on eBay for super cheap.
Full Linux, full ad blocking, full access to every streaming service instead of just whoever makes an app for your particular TV.
And with the enshittification of smart TVs injecting ads everywhere they can, keeping it disconnected is the only way to fly. Modern tech is like Skynet, you can't let it connect or it's the end of the world.
Only problem is streaming services like Amazon that purposefully limit the quality on Linux.
Get a browser spoofing add-on! I have google fiber, and I've found that my internet is faster if it thinks I'm using chrome 🤷♂️
That doesn't make sense, a "browser spoofing" addon most certainly doesn't do anything that would be detectable by an ISP listening in on your encrypted connections.
Amazon is not an ISP though...? In this scenario, Amazon Prime Video is a server that is receiving a series of HTTP requests. User agent spoofing absolutely would work in that scenario.
I don't think they were talking about Amazon
Only problem is streaming services like Amazon that purposefully limit the quality on Linux.
Literally the comment they replied to.
That is why I'm not subscribed to any of them. If they don't want to offer me the same bare minimum, it's on them. I mean why are they even doing that? To protect against piracy? Yeah, that seems to be doing absolutely nothing then.
And it also depends on your version of Linux as sometimes they don't play well with the copy protection software.
I had a lot of issues getting some videos on Tubi to play just because I was playing it on a Linux.
I was using mint cinnamon.
Couldn't watch the Olympics on Peacock because of this. Super annoying.
Same here I've just started pirating more.
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Some cheaper brands, which are subsidized via ads, actively search for unsecured networks. Disabling the Wi-Fi as completely as possible might be worth the time, if you have such a model.
If it's aggressive enough might have to damage what it uses for an antenna
I don't even think it's limited to the cheaper brands. I thought I heard about Samsung (or some other similarly large vendor) TVs connecting to networks their servers knew about for updates and stuff all of course without your interaction/consent. I might have just read that as a possible future thing though it was a while back that I saw it.
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I just use stremio with torrentio and real debrid and I watch whatever I want ad free.
Yeah I’ve been looking for a good torrent streaming guide also
If you're just looking to get into modern torrenting, start here: https://trash-guides.info/
If you're ready to put it into action, you might want a network attached storage device (NAS) to run your *-arr stack and store your stuff. I recommend a Synology NAS with at least 4 drive bays and a redundant drive.
You should do all of this behind a VPN. I recommend Proton.
My rig is set up to run in containers with docker-compose. I automated it all to the point that I just have to boot up my NAS and the torrenting starts up automatically. It's all managed through websites hosted in various containers on the NAS that I can access from any other device on my network. You can read the docker docs here: https://docs.docker.com/compose/
LinuxServer.io is also a fantastic resource for docker containers: https://docs.linuxserver.io/
Also, it's a good idea to run pi-hole for a network-wide tracker-blocker and ad-blocker. You should have your pi-hole devices on your network as a separate device that doesn't do anything else. I have 2 pi-hole devices on my network. The hardware they run on is just the smallest Raspberry Pi's I could find at the time. I connected them to the network via WiFi and plugged them in behind a dresser in one bedroom and next to the wifi router in the other room.
What's a good solution for a remote control and "TV like" interface for browsing accessing things? I really just want a good YouTube and jellyfin interface with a normal remote.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s comment in his famous letter from Birmingham Jail: "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
I will follow Dr. King and jailbreak my TV.
What if my business model is jailbreaking tvs?
If(businessModelProfit>10000000){ PayBusinessExpense } Else { Go-to jail }
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