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Post #4074721

2026-07-24 22:35 UTC

I should write a book: I picked up a new toslink cable in order to avoid having my TV perform firmware updates which force data collection from me: the 2026 story

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  • @veronica@explains.social Please say more! If this works, I would be thrilled, but why would plugging that in help prevent The Badness?

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  • @CppGuy@infosec.space 2026-07-25 10:39

    @veronica@explains.social Ugh. Our TV blew up a few weeks ago, letting out the magic smoke and tripping the RCCB. Now I have to go out and find a TV that'll work without an Internet connection. I've been putting it off and putting it off… I've read here on Fedi that what I need is not a TV at all, but a commercial display unit. We'll see.

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  • @alienghic@timeloop.cafe 2026-07-24 22:41

    @veronica@explains.social Is it the toslink cable let you avoid giving the corporate haunted TV network access?

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  • @the_q@mastodon.social 2026-07-24 23:28

    @veronica@explains.social Harlequin romance?

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  • @ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2026-07-25 05:02

    @veronica@explains.social oh - good call, we'll have to keep that in mind as an approach

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