▲ 1440 ▼ Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 223 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) The newer Chromecasts won't even let you use your own DNS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] catloaf@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Buy an old used one off ebay or something, then. By the time they go so far out of support they stop working, I'm sure there'll be a replacement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't out of support at the time, and I bought it before they gimped it. Google is actively preventing the use of Pihole or AdGuard by disabling the device if you redirect DNS queries away from their servers to your own. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I haven't experienced this. I have the Chromecast with Google TV dongle and use a DST Nat to redirect all traffic from 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to my own DNS server. I also did this with my old Chromecast only from phone version permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe I should have specifically mentioned that it's the ultras. https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/pmt4cw/chromecast_ultra_just_updated_and_now_wont_work/ https://xdaforums.com/t/chromecast-ultra-issue-with-custom-dns.4396853/ https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/custom-dns-group-for-chromecast/50996 It's a bit of niche arrangement, so finding out what happened when it suddenly stopped working was a challenge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago Gross. Thanks for the sources. Strange that it's just the ultras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Buy an old used one off ebay or something, then. By the time they go so far out of support they stop working, I'm sure there'll be a replacement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't out of support at the time, and I bought it before they gimped it. Google is actively preventing the use of Pihole or AdGuard by disabling the device if you redirect DNS queries away from their servers to your own. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I haven't experienced this. I have the Chromecast with Google TV dongle and use a DST Nat to redirect all traffic from 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to my own DNS server. I also did this with my old Chromecast only from phone version permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe I should have specifically mentioned that it's the ultras. https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/pmt4cw/chromecast_ultra_just_updated_and_now_wont_work/ https://xdaforums.com/t/chromecast-ultra-issue-with-custom-dns.4396853/ https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/custom-dns-group-for-chromecast/50996 It's a bit of niche arrangement, so finding out what happened when it suddenly stopped working was a challenge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago Gross. Thanks for the sources. Strange that it's just the ultras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It wasn't out of support at the time, and I bought it before they gimped it. Google is actively preventing the use of Pihole or AdGuard by disabling the device if you redirect DNS queries away from their servers to your own. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I haven't experienced this. I have the Chromecast with Google TV dongle and use a DST Nat to redirect all traffic from 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to my own DNS server. I also did this with my old Chromecast only from phone version permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe I should have specifically mentioned that it's the ultras. https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/pmt4cw/chromecast_ultra_just_updated_and_now_wont_work/ https://xdaforums.com/t/chromecast-ultra-issue-with-custom-dns.4396853/ https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/custom-dns-group-for-chromecast/50996 It's a bit of niche arrangement, so finding out what happened when it suddenly stopped working was a challenge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago Gross. Thanks for the sources. Strange that it's just the ultras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Amius@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I haven't experienced this. I have the Chromecast with Google TV dongle and use a DST Nat to redirect all traffic from 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to my own DNS server. I also did this with my old Chromecast only from phone version permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe I should have specifically mentioned that it's the ultras. https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/pmt4cw/chromecast_ultra_just_updated_and_now_wont_work/ https://xdaforums.com/t/chromecast-ultra-issue-with-custom-dns.4396853/ https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/custom-dns-group-for-chromecast/50996 It's a bit of niche arrangement, so finding out what happened when it suddenly stopped working was a challenge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago Gross. Thanks for the sources. Strange that it's just the ultras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Maybe I should have specifically mentioned that it's the ultras. https://www.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/pmt4cw/chromecast_ultra_just_updated_and_now_wont_work/ https://xdaforums.com/t/chromecast-ultra-issue-with-custom-dns.4396853/ https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/custom-dns-group-for-chromecast/50996 It's a bit of niche arrangement, so finding out what happened when it suddenly stopped working was a challenge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amius@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago Gross. Thanks for the sources. Strange that it's just the ultras. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Amius@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago Gross. Thanks for the sources. Strange that it's just the ultras. permalink fedilink source parent