yxc999@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 6 hours agoYour reminder to remove the microphone from your TV remote todaylemmy.mlimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1305
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minus-squareTheyCallMeHacked@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up52·5 hours agoTo be fair, OP didn’t claim that the remote wasn’t bricked…
minus-squareyxc999@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·5 hours agoIt works! I was fully prepared for it to not work and explain to my wife why we need to order a new one, but no issue at all lmao
minus-squarebthest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes agoSo if the remote still works then wouldn’t that mean there is still a microphone? Or have they gone back to line of sight infrared? Or am I just thinking of the really really old remote tech?
minus-squarelawks@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 hours agoCould probably have measured its resistance, then put a plain resistor in its place.
minus-squareyxc999@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 hours agoProbably, but the nuclear option is always more fun
minus-squareTikiporch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoWith these people (advertisers), the nuclear option is sometimes the only real option.
To be fair, OP didn’t claim that the remote wasn’t bricked…
It works! I was fully prepared for it to not work and explain to my wife why we need to order a new one, but no issue at all lmao
So if the remote still works then wouldn’t that mean there is still a microphone? Or have they gone back to line of sight infrared? Or am I just thinking of the really really old remote tech?
Could probably have measured its resistance, then put a plain resistor in its place.
Probably, but the nuclear option is always more fun
With these people (advertisers), the nuclear option is sometimes the only real option.