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  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlDeAmazoning a FireTV
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    1 month ago

    You can get an Apple TV, which is an external device you connect to your TV if you’re already in the apple ecosystem. You can use your iPhone as a remote for it.

    There is also the Nvidia Shield option, which is a solid Android TV option.

    And of course, you can just use any pc as an input device and use that.

    The firmware thats actually on the “smart tv” might be tough to replace with an open source solution. Im sure there are some TV modders out there, but its probably very niche. Best to get an external device of your choice imo.






  • Regarding desktop antivirus, it’s often the case where it is not necessary to have. Windows has Windows Defender built-in, and other operating systems have other means to mitigate any type of viruses. There are actually reports of antivirus causing attacks because their hooks are so deep in the operating system.

    Even trusted apps and app stores are prone to being malicious. The upstream packages that they use can have a malicious developer or insecure package, and it gets incorporated in the app, then distributed. Thats why it’s important to use devices that get hardware/firmware updates to help protect against this. If a rootkit is installed, there is no way to ever get rid of it on your system.