> Spectre makes dumb panels without any smart apps or networking ability.

This sounds like my brand - but do you mean "Sceptre"?

Assuming you never use a streaming service, is it possible to remove or disable the hardware network modules on these TVs?

I see zero reason to believe the manufacturers won't rationalize your data into their possession somehow - regardless of opting out, disabling through their UI, or even declining to connect the thing to a router.

While we're on the subject: I believe it's possible for ethernet signals to travel over HDMI. If you connect a computer graphics card to a TV's HDMI port, is there any possible route from the TV onto the network the computer is connected to?

"The lawsuit said the recordings are all available on authorized streaming services and 'face no danger of being lost, forgotten, or destroyed.'"

Baby, it's cold outside...

I have a six-digit ID that is lower than previous poster. The oldest artifact I can find for my account is from 2009, but I feel like I've been here longer than that...

It was the first time I thought of a browser interface as "cool".

Oh no! What will Free software do without the OSI!

that you would hand over all your data and your passwords to some online company.

WTF. Just get external storage.

Scat fetish?

> "We're bringing up a generation that turns to their screens, without a library of information accessible via screens," said Mr Kahle. Some have taken advantage of this "new information system", he argued -- and the result is "Trump and Brexit."

Thank goodness the person archiving the Internet isn't politically biased.

...it's been raped.

Pretty sure the "sneaker auction" functionality was a placeholder.

I mean, this guy really sucks and sucks until he gets every last drop.

...the job isn't done until these malicious coders are found and shot in the fucking face.

...simply send a stamped self-addressed envelope to:

Internet Bad Guys
PO Box 14153
Boston, MA

The explanation he gives is pretty much the understanding I had of the ending, with the exception that he was being sent back to earth as a super-being. Maybe it seemed straightforward to me because it is the simple explanation, and I was about 10yo when I first saw it in the theaters.