The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

  • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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    24 hours ago

    I have a computer capable of outputting video like 5 different ways: over the internet, near-field EM, HDMI, yadda

    I just want a fucking standards compatible dumb screen

    • kalkulat@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      I heard a talk a few days ago, and the fella said that if you want a non-smart monitor, you’ll need to pay somewhat more for what he called an ‘industrial monitor’. He said the ‘smart TV’ is cheaper because of all the data it’ll collect, and they can sell that data to make the price-to-the-user lower. (Don’t know for myself, my old Samsung monitor’s only smarts were to send data out to one URL, and I was able to change that URL to a site that doesn’t exist.)