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Love being interrupted when my monitor asks me to accept user agreements

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373 points h2odragon | 6 comments | 19 Oct 24 17:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.631s | source | bottom
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rspoerri ◴[19 Oct 24 18:36 UTC] No.41889663[source]▶
Better get a firewall for you monitor. Maybe a usb-c plug that filters non visual traffic? /s
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1. meindnoch ◴[19 Oct 24 19:19 UTC] No.41889986[source]▶
A prepaid cellular modem is installed to transmit essential telemetry.
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2. micahdeath ◴[19 Oct 24 19:26 UTC] No.41890055[source]▶
This would be a great thing to hack to get free internets. =D
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3. meindnoch ◴[19 Oct 24 19:40 UTC] No.41890167[source]▶
Those SIMs usually have very limited bandwidth packages.
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4. tremon ◴[19 Oct 24 20:05 UTC] No.41890356{3}[source]▶
Great, make sure you max out that bandwidth with random garbage (preferably to the same endpoints that the telemetry goes to) to prevent your owned devices from exfiltrating your life.
5. netsharc ◴[19 Oct 24 20:14 UTC] No.41890429[source]▶
The idea of TVs doing this smells of urban legend to me, but a friend bought a new car recently, and he can connect to it from his phone (obviously over the cloud), he was wondering how it works because he didn't have to subscribe to anyhing, but yeah it has cellular connectivity paid for by the car manufacturer...
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6. consteval ◴[21 Oct 24 19:03 UTC] No.41907274[source]▶
It's required for use in vehicles, at least in the US. Tracking cars and even remotely disabling them is important for safety reasons. But it is suspicious.