im tryna get a mini pc and make it a streaming box, but i of course need a remote but the ones that actually look comfortable seem to have microphones in them, and i don’t think that i will take it apart to remove the microphone. So should i just not care since im gonna use it on linux or is there an easier way to remove/break the microphone?
also does the lg remote with the motion controlled cursor thingy work on every tv or does it need to be an lg?
thank guy
You definately shouldn’t worry about it.
You probably should remove it.
im getting mixed signals
Worrying about things wont fix anything and is bad for you - if you think that is a possibility then remove the microphone & problem solved.
Whether the microphone is an actual privacy risk is a possibility, Im guessing here that its over 50%.
The one thing you didnt mention (so I ignored) was whether you need or want that microphone there.
oh yea my bad!!! i don’t need the microphone at all
Realistically, the software doing the phoning home would have to run on the streaming box; the AAA batteries in a remote would be drained within a matter of hours or days if it were to continuously record and send it back. Software phoning home is a concern with off-the-shelf boxes, but on a Linux mini PC, it’s equivalent to plugging in an external mic. Still good practice to do away with it if you don’t need it.
And there was me thinking that my old google TV remote was just damaged in some way, causing battery drain…