Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTelly has only delivered 35,000 of its free televisions with always-on adswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down14
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-linkTelly has only delivered 35,000 of its free televisions with always-on adswww.engadget.comLudicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down4·2 days agoThat’s the neat part, the USA, being known for moronic decisions, made it so circumventing DRM measures on hardware you own is a federal crime. Telly detects you attempted to do that, Telly can send you to prison.
minus-squaresorghum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoYou can do it yourself, but the actual crime is if you tell someone how to circumvent it.
minus-squaremodus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI know I’ve seen this before but don’t remember what it is.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoThe decryption key for DVDs.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoNever connect your monitors to the internet. Then hack them.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoEh I already break the law on the daily.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoMy television sending me to prison wasn’t exactly the dystopic future I had imagined but it will do.
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoDon’t connect the “smart” bits to the internet and just use the screen. No one would know. I expect it is small and/or crappy though.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIt won’t work without internet connection.
minus-squaredeltaspawn0040@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoDRM is for restricting access, not guaranteeing constant mandatory access. I think it would be a gray area if someone disabled the ads.
That’s the neat part, the USA, being known for moronic decisions, made it so circumventing DRM measures on hardware you own is a federal crime. Telly detects you attempted to do that, Telly can send you to prison.
You can do it yourself, but the actual crime is if you tell someone how to circumvent it.
I know I’ve seen this before but don’t remember what it is.
The decryption key for DVDs.
Never connect your monitors to the internet.
Then hack them.
Eh I already break the law on the daily.
We all do.
My television sending me to prison wasn’t exactly the dystopic future I had imagined but it will do.
Literally 1984 shit.
Don’t connect the “smart” bits to the internet and just use the screen. No one would know. I expect it is small and/or crappy though.
It won’t work without internet connection.
DRM is for restricting access, not guaranteeing constant mandatory access. I think it would be a gray area if someone disabled the ads.