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LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences (x.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It. Is. Never. Enough.

You paid hundreds of dollars for a new monitor, but it doesn't matter. More ads, more profits.

I hate it.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Here is a private frontend for anyone who doesn't wanna access twitters awful site:
https://xcancel.com/snwy_me/status/1847396175961641176/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

damn Telescreens

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Looks like it has smart functions, so same software as their TVs and you can actually just decline terms but some functions won't be available. It's not just one chcekbox so you can have some smart functions for some privacy. It's one of the better solutions. Anyway without internet there cannot be any tracking or ads so as a monitor it has just fancier osd.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Smart Monitor is the same as a Smart TV, not surprised

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Someday in the future even our toilets will all be connected to the internet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Analyzing your poo for your safety.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

A monitor is an output device. It cannot transmit or operate on a network. (inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).

If there's any ad tracking, it would have to be in your display driver on the PC.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

(inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).

How about Thunderbolt? This looks like macOS, and while I'm not 100% sure if they utilize HDMI ports anymore, they certainly use Thunderbolt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Does Mac OS automatically allow random connected devices outbound traffic to any?