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Aren't roku devices notorious for gathering data on how you use their hardware and what you watch? In fact as far as I know you can't even use their TVs without
by heyitsme 6y ago
Aren't roku devices notorious for gathering data on how you use their hardware and what you watch? In fact as far as I know you can't even use their TVs without actually creating an account with them. If this is still true, it's completely NUTS!
- quaffapint 6y agoRoku does like to log all your actions, but just use something like pi-hole and it's nicely blocked.
- gruez 6y agoYou're placing too much trust into the effectiveness of pi-hole and its associated filter lists. Here are some failure modes I can think of: * using fallback hardcoded IPs when DNS fails * using DoH so it's impossible to tamper with the response * using the same domain for spying as other critical functions * new domains might not show up on the filter lists right away, and if the TV keeps a backlog of failed requests, all your viewing history might be uploaded when that happens
- unwiredben 6y agoWhen you set up a Roku TV, you have the option to never connect to the Internet and use it as a dumb TV. In that mode, no WiFi or Ethernet connection is active and there's no connection to a Roku account. If you've already connected the TV, you can factory reset it to an unconnected state.