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All smart TVs—from LG, Samsung, TCL, and other brands—collect personal data. Here's how to use privacy settings to limit surveillance. (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The link has a ton of information.

Now, It is obvious that putting it completely offline is more safe. But, some people often use the TV's to watch Netflix or something like that. Then they might forget that it is still connected to the internet when they are done watching.

Under Privacy Settings, there are options for Device Usage Data, Collect App and Over-the-Air Usage, and Interest-Based Ads. All are enabled by default, but you can disable them.

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[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The RPi might be part of your issue. I started out with one, and it was so slow I couldn't stand it. I'm running a beelink n100, uses a little more power (idles at maybe 12 watts).

And ya, the streams are very unreliable. If you want to go full libre, you'll want to source your own content with sonar/radarr, and if you are using Linux desktop, Plex really isn't a great option, they hardly support it. You'll want to switch to Jellyfin and use their plugin for Kodi, it works really well. Plex has a plugin for Kodi but it's unofficial and is very unreliable last I tried.

Also keep in mind that at the moment you will lose HDR unles a you use something like LibreELEC.

In short, right now my implementation is PopOs, Kodi Flatpak with Jellyfin Add-on all sourced using Usenet (Sonarr/Radarr) on a beelink n100 with a flirc remote. With this setup I get the least amount of complaints from the wife and kids. When I want to watch sports I pull up Firefox and stream from there.

If you do use Kodi I can also recommend the Artic Fuse 2/3 skin. It gives you a look very close to Plex, in fact I think it looks better.