In this post we look under the hood of BrightData's SDK and how it turns ordinary consumer TVs into exit nodes of an enormous commercial, residential proxy network leveraged by the AI industry to scrape web data and train language learning models.
I’m stuck with a smart TV, but it’s from Pre-LLM days. I don’t use the smart TV app or connect it to the web. I’ve also got the AI features (“Ad Personalization”, etc.) turned off by default, just because it pleases me.
Once again DO NOT CONNECT YOYR SMART TV TO THE INTERNET
Do not do it. It’s not smart, it’s a spy device.
Yup.
I’m stuck with a smart TV, but it’s from Pre-LLM days. I don’t use the smart TV app or connect it to the web. I’ve also got the AI features (“Ad Personalization”, etc.) turned off by default, just because it pleases me.
Well, technically, it is smarter than a lot of people think; “smart” ≠ “moral!”
But yeah, definitely just use an HDMI cable. They’re harmless that way.
Thanks for reminding me to block my new vizio from the wifi.