Roku Features You Need To Turn OFF Right NOW!!! | You're Being Watched
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4 місяці томуRoku is a great device, but did you know that you're being monitored? Data is being collected and a profile is being built of your activity to serve you custom ads. In this video I'm going to show you what features to turn OFF to help keep your activity private.
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@SteveDOES 4 місяці тому
Thanks for checking out this video. I hope it helped you save money! Here's the Roku Playlist - bit.ly/3TS04Ey
@SuzieQ7071 4 місяці тому
Can I hook up my older Roku device and still use the remote from my Roku Ultra? I can’t go back to using batteries in my remote, but I don’t think my older Roku dismissed my shows as I was watching them 🤷♀️
@terrywilliamson2237 Місяць тому
Hi.good job.but I am 69 years old!SLOW DOWN!!
@oldogre5999 18 днів тому
At 8:53 it reads "credit or debit card ending in 3183" hopefully that is just a bogus number 😮
@EricAlsto 13 днів тому
Eric Alston
@user-rt7vl9ky3r 2 місяці тому
Never in my life have I used a remote control for a TV that the battery only lasts a few (weeks).... until I bought dumb TV. Even if you set all that stuff to off... they still collect and sell your data. The only option to prevent that is to not connect your TV to the internet. Best thing is to use a prior MS OS that isn't just a massive piece of malware like 8-11, install it on an old PC, and connect that PC to your TV. Now your TV is truly smart and not a tyrant to the user. Plus the best thing about that is you don't have to toggle through a list... you can just point and click.
@AutomationDnD Місяць тому
100% correct amazing HOW EASILY ppl just *install* Listening devices in their homes. NOT that we can do much about it. IF you are connected to the web AND buy/use modern devices, it's ALL designed to "connect" & "communicate". "Disabling" software choices doesn't _Remove_ the data collect & communicate fascets Snowden did it right by literally unsoldering microphones in his cell etc NOT that everyone can LIVE in that level of paranoia ..... I'm just saying-- it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to stop the devices unless they are TOTALLY disconnected from the web / with NO PHYSICAL way to provide feedback we need ALL NEW types of hardware that HONESTLY respect privacy IF we do want TRUE privacy
@DogMomCMF Місяць тому
So charging a remote a couple times a year doesn't beat buying batteries? 🤦🏼♀️
@gloriamadaffari5404 Місяць тому
I have bad news…every one of your devices are rigged to spy on you. My Apples are loaded with spy worms. Drones are spy tools too, and your most private moments are not so private unless you close your curtains first.
@TonyP9279 Місяць тому
@@DogMomCMF I rarely ever buy batteries for TV remotes. If my mouse, flashlight, other gadget dies, there is still more than enough energy in those batteries to power a remote. EDIT: A NORMAL remote, not a fancy one!
@wyattmorris8768 Місяць тому
Yeah that’s why I have limo tinted my house windows. I try to keep off the radar as much as possible.
@jimmyhawkins391 Місяць тому
That is any smart device you use. Your phone is the biggest issue that is in your business at all times.
@shawnmendrek3544 16 днів тому
If you have to call a device SMART, it's definitely not smart.
@uruselessKYS 13 днів тому
My phone keeps on crying about turning on google play services lol 😂 Like g f urself scugle
@leahmax6686 Місяць тому
Loved your step-by-step guide to resetting some features. I have a spare Roku TV I'm giving to my daughter. Your video helped tremendously! THANK YOU!
@dipperdanpeach 3 місяці тому
Great video. I followed the instructions and turned off a lot of crap on my Roku. Thanks. Liked & subscribed.
@walkinlight3380 Місяць тому
I absolutely love my Roku stick! Stopped direct tv and happy as hell. Thank you for the important information!
@tiagarcia9218 2 місяці тому
Thank for explaining the roku payment method. I know people that when setting up their up their roku and not being familiar on how it worked the people they talked too told them they had to set up the payment method through them. I was confused when l heard that because l never had that happen to me although l had my method payment setup with Netflix since l was using that service at that time. Now l Can better explain to people that they don’t have to set up the payments through Roku and to do it through the streaming companies the are going to use.
@DadsPeePoo 2 місяці тому
Why didn’t you show us where we can cover Rokus cameras so they can’t watch us???
@ObakuZenCenter Місяць тому
Roku doesn't have a camera in it's remote lol.
@lindawojtas4491 Місяць тому
THAT'S THE TV NOT THE DEVICE..NOT THE REMOTE...
@AtticusMaxMillian43 Місяць тому
Also, 4 inch up 4 inch from left ...in the screen
@geee1984 Місяць тому
If he does that then the amature porn industry will crash
@modulusquantum6455 Місяць тому
@@AtticusMaxMillian43 Yes. I see that momentary (approx 1/4 sec) rectangle pop in and out. Not sure if it's YT, FB, TV app or whatever. Will contact my flat panel mfg to see if it's a camera in the tv.
@annemitteness7426 Місяць тому
Thank you for that privacy info. I had no idea!
@JD-js3bp Місяць тому
Very HELPFUL!
@forgo2745 Місяць тому
Good presentation thanks 👍 !
@marcobrownstone Місяць тому
Your info was most helpful, thanks.
@wwilliams1358 Місяць тому
Aloha! Mahalo for the tips and tricks, some things I knew and most I did not. Did the sub and the like! Aloha Oe!
@geee1984 Місяць тому
I stopped buying potatoes because they were watching me with their eyes.
@msjostr Місяць тому
😂🤣😂🤣good one!👍
@Theendisnearpleaserepent 24 дні тому
No idea
@RayHarper777 23 дні тому
Never thought about that...
@carriida1313 Місяць тому
Great knowledge 🙌💯🙏 we need more like u
@palominogirl2732 Місяць тому
First time here, and I'm pretty happy I already don't use those features! There is no way that my phone, or my television, or my truck for heaven's sake, should be listening to me. I bought a little tv for my she-shed, and it is a smart tv, the only one the store had that was small, and it is the most annoying thing EVER. It tries to tell me what to do instead of the other way around. In the winter, I basically use it as a speaker, plugging it in to my laptop so I can hear an audio book or something while I'm washing dishes, etc. It's always trying to sell me a channel or something. My other tv's, with the Roku, wait for me to tell them what to do like well mannered appliances.
@NancyDunton-hb9ir Місяць тому
Years ago, I did this and unplugged my tv, camera can't work, voice record won't work. Spying on me stopped. I stopped answering phone calls . the caller will leave a message or leave a text message. If I don't want that number to call back, I block the number. My phone is for my convenience only , not unsolicited sales calls. The same as trespassing on your physical property, harassment. I even cover the device to interrupt turning my device on remotely trying to use these features while I'm asleep and placing in another room from their toxicity. If they can't see or hear that saves you from being spied on visually without your knowledge .
@lovinglife7893 Місяць тому
340 million people in the united states spying through a roku or smart TV that's something way out there. I feel sorry for people who are so disturbed by those thoughts.
@bawbjusbawb6471 Місяць тому
I'm confused... Did I sign in under someone else's name in my sleep and write this? LOL Great advice, couldn't have said it better myself...
@Chris-uj6vg 13 днів тому
Thank you Steve. I appreciate this information.
@coopstripes 9 днів тому
I have an older Roku that doesn’t have any of these options. I did not know Roku had a microphone. Would explain why I have suggestions on my TV that I’ve never done searches on
@serene2414 7 днів тому
Thank you very much for this video🙏🏾💎
@BlancaHolland-xx9ny Місяць тому
If just using for TV only no cable, Internet service? Should these setting be done 🤔
@wyattmorris8768 Місяць тому
There’s no more privacy doesn’t matter what you do.
@sarahs.9340 2 місяці тому
I can no longer use my Roku TV, because the legal team has downloaded a no option to comply arbitration agreement. Basically, if you do not hit accept that you will not ever sue Roku, your Roku TV will never be able to used again. It does not give you an option to opt out. For it thos morning on my tv. The legal teal hijacked my tv. What is our country coming to? How can they even legally do this, I bought this tv.
@DadsPeePoo 2 місяці тому
Did the same thing to us…. Strongarming! Not right! They have a right not to let you watch “roku” tv but have no right blocking you from your other paid apps…. Never even thought of suing til NOW!
@JustMe-lj4vm Місяць тому
Do you know you can actually get it back
@travisv6408 Місяць тому
Roku is garbage. No good streaming apps, blocked streaming apps. Its not user friendly at all. I moved to chromecast Google tv, and has been my go-to for streaming for years.
@ObakuZenCenter Місяць тому
Such clauses are not in fact legal and binding.
@forgo2745 Місяць тому
Well again is 🚫 not legal! But people are agreeing to ⏯️ Terms and conditions which is out right ▶️ Idiotic? Should be challenged since You pay for the content!!
@rodolfog8233 2 місяці тому
Our phones are doing the same thing
@saveitfumy2143 Місяць тому
So
@bawbjusbawb6471 Місяць тому
"Our" phones? LOL Flip phone... Remove the battery when you don't need to use it... Or stick it in a drawer...
@dannydurastanti7235 Місяць тому
Did this change with the updated terms of use?
@b_uppy 23 дні тому
I have a new Vizio TV. Any suggestions to stop snooping?
@jstevens501 2 місяці тому
Roku made it sound as if I had to set up a credit card. didnt see an option to decline. So I used paypal. Not sure if I misunderstood. But at least its paypal.
@cbyanks3 Місяць тому
Is roku ultra better or ultra lt
@MinuteBurn Місяць тому
One Roku 'feature that we don't like is how the TV dies almost exactly at the 2 year mark. They need to fix that problem.
@ianswift3521 Місяць тому
thats why it's a good idea to get the store 4-year warranty.
@lovinglife7893 Місяць тому
Haven't had that problem still on my 1st tv's
@zacharyseibert6788 27 днів тому
Had mine for 5 years so far. Zero problems with it.
@nodak81 3 місяці тому
One of the things I love about the Roku is how straight-forward the home screen layout is. It's just a list of apps and a menu. I hate my Fire TV and Onn Android TV devices, they're both so cluttered that not only is it hard to navigate and find what the hell I'm looking for but the device is lagging due to all that crap on the screen. They're also full of bloatware you can't uninstall. I have the same complaints about the last couple generations of game consoles.
@user-rt7vl9ky3r 2 місяці тому
They design them that way. Which is why they no longer teach critical thinking in schools. They must keep the kids so stupid they will never figure out they've been duped.
@ianswift3521 Місяць тому
fire tv is a nightmare for my parents.
@corettagreene1444 Місяць тому
What is privacy anymore?
@user-xn3qm2il4l Місяць тому
You got that effing right! Need to start using gift cards more so companies stop tracking my purchases. Store security cameras have facial recognition. Even touchpads record your fingerprints.
@mjc3502 Місяць тому
I have a question for anyone with a roku. Mine is a roku 2. It's about 10yrs old. Last year it started skipping, just a bit. Now, it skips every time I fast forward or rewind something I'm viewing. After I watch a few videos, it gets so bad that I have to reset it. I have two reset it 2x a day. I did a factory reset, did not help. All up dates are up to date. I turned off all the crap these videos say so. My question, is it just out dated and would purchasing a new unit work like this one did? Or is there something else I need to do? Thanks..
@ciscornBIG Місяць тому
I would get a new one. It's lucky you had yours for 10 years.
@mjc3502 Місяць тому
@ciscornBIG bought a new one. My old one was just too old and outdated, I guess. The new one works perfectly.
@ciscornBIG Місяць тому
@@mjc3502 nice, glad to hear.
@RoboticsDIY Місяць тому
There is no guarantee that they actually go by your chosen settings and switch off microphone. Might be a placebo for peace of mind for those who are bothered to check the settings yet not too tech sway.
@Jessica-ul6me Місяць тому
That's why no power button 😮always on and always listening
@shervegas Місяць тому
My roku has a few features yiu did not mention like privacy choices. Thanks for this video microphone now off
@dmprdctns Місяць тому
Wisdom! Thanks... Well done good and faithful servant... 😀
@eileenmartin6080 26 днів тому
Thanks!
@mike245401 6 днів тому
THAT'S EVERYTHING!
@BrandonDoyleMN 4 місяці тому
Great advice!
@dszfafreyiu3400 Місяць тому
And how do you turn off the advertisement that is next to the home screen apps
@mikedavis4851 Місяць тому
The light bulbs in my den records our conversations i believe ìts china they flicker morse code when their finished i put foil on the base of the lamp.I can put foil inside my ball cap it helps with space lasers.Thanks for the tips you cant be safe enough.😊
@7700778737 3 дні тому
Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Jewish Space Lasers of Trying to Shoot Down Santa,🥴
@user-np4nl6rx2n Місяць тому
We have been watched since the 90's through yourtelevision. Maybe even earlier.
@geee1984 Місяць тому
I stopped buying potatoes because they were watching me with their eyes.
@Sephylis-tl4ll Місяць тому
Uh... I purchased a Roku TV last week without knowing about this. However, mine is completely different. It doesn't have all of these options. 32" Roku TV 6573 series.
@SaRaH-et2tt Місяць тому
I keep turning the voice off and it keeps coming back on saying it can't change settings now. I think the government hale storm hooked up. Any ideas how to not be?
@nikosaek781 3 місяці тому
thanks for the video
@ConstanceOhara 24 дні тому
I love my roku...achoooo!!!
@debbiee6535 Місяць тому
When my daughter got me my first Roku TV I would turn it off at night and wake up when it turned itself on so I would take and switch off the television on a switch on a extension cord and it would turn it back on after that I just put a cover over the top of it a very heavy rug stop turning on so much
@thogevoll Місяць тому
Roku payment method. Not to mention Roku got hacked and thousands of users credit card info got stolen.
@Dezdamoonbear Місяць тому
Yup and it happened again on Friday!!
@eijentwun5509 4 місяці тому
This is WHY I never upgraded past the OLDER Roku 3.... I knew this was going to happen.
@LilyGazou Місяць тому
I don’t have a tv.
@SuzieQ7071 4 місяці тому
I am going “crazy” trying to STOP my Roku Ultra from dismissing the show I’m watching just cuz there has been no activity 🤬 Nothing works!!!! Turning off Bandwidth Saver does not work. Unchecking 20 min Auto Power Saving does not work!!! Disable Screensaver does not work!! I do not have a smart TV. Help….
@nodak81 3 місяці тому
Might be the app you're watching and not your Roku. I mainly watch Pluto TV and it has a setting to "pause playback when idle" after a few hours. I turn it off but it magically resets itself every few weeks. I agree about it being super annoying.
@earthmama9597 Місяць тому
My daughter has a Roku TV and it turns off at the same time every night. She says she has looked it up and others with the same model tv have the same issue.
@kathymoulton9202 Місяць тому
I love Roku
@anthonycoffee7683 Місяць тому
I never use Roku anymore. Two Roku TVs that are used as monitors for Firesticks which are fast becoming paperweights also.
@Darrin-el8gf 28 днів тому
Even on the net 😁
@bucsnationn-ht4si 9 днів тому
Not funny lame
@niecek.6473 Місяць тому
Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉
@renajarboe6305 11 днів тому
What about UKposts TV?
@RainbowTableDavis79 Місяць тому
Thanks for the video
@ErnestoVela-vg3fw 6 днів тому
It's ok friend they need to do that 🤣🤣🤣
@bryanwoodring3547 Місяць тому
i need a remote dont have tv on at all
@stacia4180 Місяць тому
Mine had a option in the privacy to not sell my data to third party so I clicked "do not sell"
@standingbear998 Місяць тому
what ya need to turn off is the tv
@saveitfumy2143 Місяць тому
what your obviously unaware of, turn off the TV the ROKU is still on
@Feriousgamer-jr2rh 16 днів тому
What's up brother
@wingsonmyback1 Місяць тому
They would die of boredom if they watched me
@garylast1955 Місяць тому
glad i run ad blocker
@andysummersthxcinemaandmyc7748 4 місяці тому
after seeing this i don't think u buy a roku , let see do i have any roku
@eijentwun5509 4 місяці тому
What will you buy then to stream? Apple TV> Amazon FireTV stick? Google TV? Because ALL of those are WAAAYYY worse. What I do recommend if you dont want any of these, is to make Bookmarks of Web TV appls like PlutoTV, Tubi, Crackle, Xumo, The Roku Channel...using Google Chrome, Brave or Chromium browsers to turn them into Apps instantly! than your PC becomes like a ROKU of sorts....also there is KODI
@gottagift 21 день тому
A few years back i had a pair of ruku's. I frigging hated them. I would set my stream provider preference to a standard definition stream and i would set roku to standard definition. But the roku device would invariably suck up the most data possible. That forced me to buy a unlimited data package from my isp or else i would see occasional surcharges to my monthly isp bill for additional 10GB blocks of data. Roku sucks.
@nos1694 8 днів тому
I love how the t v knows the p s 5 is plugged in , in various hdm holes but no signal 🙃 so can't use my $2000 investment for driving games.... But of course
@joewoodchuck3824 3 місяці тому
I unwittingly got screwed by buying a roku TV. There's no way to hook up a normal set of speakers to them. There's no headphone jack, regular Bluetooth doesn't work, and even the optical output is incompatible with mainstream speakers. Never again will I buy one.
@jtqwertyuiopasdfghjk 2 місяці тому
You can buy an hdmi audio extractor
@joewoodchuck3824 2 місяці тому
@@jtqwertyuiopasdfghjk How does that work?
@lauraa5763 Місяць тому
I'd like to know as well!
@robertashton8069 Місяць тому
My ONN soundboard works just fine with the Roku. But it's not connected to Internet. I just use a movable HDMI antenna on a 20 ft pole.
@robertashton8069 Місяць тому
Edit: Soundbar.
@melindamcclain835 Місяць тому
Not if you dont have internet connected to it.
@jjclarkson3261 8 днів тому
POWER menu is now gone.
@tarajaimekeith3158 27 днів тому
I sometimes hear people talking over the actual TV show I'm watching. Why?
@andylindsaytunes 8 днів тому
Maybe you're inadvertently watching Mystery Science Theater 3000! Just kiddin'.
@ebujvt65 29 днів тому
I pulled the plug on roko tossed the thing in the trash they were devious about videos and utube video s they put on
@ConstanceOhara 24 дні тому
Like what do u mean w UKposts being devious??
@ebujvt65 24 дні тому
They make you think you can watch a series then when your into it , then can't see any more till and have to pay. When they got people to buy the thing to watch programs free. Will never buy any roku product again
@ebujvt65 24 дні тому
Like ?
@mikeg.5233 Місяць тому
SOLUTION, just turn off your iPhone until you need to communicate. Problem solved. 😂😂😂
@suzannehofer2541 26 днів тому
Isn’t that every device we owe now?
@edithpack9962 Місяць тому
I have turned off mine years ago.
@user-wp9mz Місяць тому
When you're purchasing electronic devices expect the unexpected welcome to 2024
@Tee-cl6dc Місяць тому
Do you know that your cable company can see you ?
@BlastedOffRawPuerh88 Місяць тому
You mean like a phone?
@GoingFission-iw4zl Місяць тому
SUPER CUTE GUY ❤
@flavaj13 2 місяці тому
Do you have a cellphone, you're being watched 24/7.
@jonboy602 Місяць тому
Can it watch me from a cupboard? The next room? This is indeed scary if so.
@flavaj13 Місяць тому
@@jonboy602 , not you, nobody cares about you.
@saveitfumy2143 Місяць тому
So!!! we all know that so what's you point
@user-xn3qm2il4l Місяць тому
Physically disconnect the camera and mic.
@flavaj13 Місяць тому
@user-xn3qm2il4l , definitely skills most people have and utilize on a regular basis, you got me there, super smart hairless monkey.
@Dezdamoonbear Місяць тому
And they've had TWO data breach within 1 month 😠
@bummblebee77 19 днів тому
I'm sharing with my mom
@andrewschuricht6748 Місяць тому
Roku was a piece of crap anyway. At least my last 2 sticks and 1 TV. Samsung TVs are much better. And no glitches
@miken4834 4 місяці тому
Clickbait title.
@louisecaltagirone2466 Місяць тому
Who’s they……
@Theendisnearpleaserepent 24 дні тому
OR ANYONE LISTENING !
@zombre_9206 Місяць тому
The only feathure you need to turn off, is the Roku device itself.
@user-rh1tm7pu9e 10 днів тому
Thanks for great tips but had to rewind several times. You talk fast. Sorry
@leeroller193 2 місяці тому
Watching this video and reading the comments has shaved a cool 30 points from my IQ. Got paranoia?
@saveitfumy2143 Місяць тому
now your at 10, WOW
@leeroller193 Місяць тому
@@saveitfumy2143 Only two weeks to compose this gem. You must be proud.
@davidmitchell6873 Місяць тому
I really don't care anymore.
@davidmurray6176 Місяць тому
Paranoid
@mikestoneking4992 Місяць тому
thay have no life if thay are going to set all day an watch me
@Darrin-el8gf 28 днів тому
I think everything in God's world has a use and meaning 😁 even when the nastys do what they do 😊 now... If a computer thinks it is talking with someone who likes the devil (for instance) what will it pull up 😊? And what better place to work for God than straight to the source 😁(programmers) live 😂
@bucsnationn-ht4si 9 днів тому
Then don't watch
@HeartlessGlitch Місяць тому
Get rid of Roku, problem solved. You want modern convenience without modern inconvenience.
@dagda825 Місяць тому
Delete roku and all the other bullcrap now. Why is this complicated?
@mikestoneking4992 Місяць тому
don't care
@PhantomO01 Місяць тому
Never buy Roku
@margeamerine9319 Місяць тому
We are being watched alover so I just let it be I have Notting to hide anyways
@ObakuZenCenter Місяць тому
This is an incredibly ignorant attitude to take. The point isn't whether you have something to hide, but that corporations should not have more rights than individuals. Be better in future.
@donaldzielenski9099 17 днів тому
Blah blah blah
@notcharles Місяць тому
"Features You Need To Turn OFF Right NOW!!! " Bullshit title. He goes on and on telling us what features he has turned on and why. Beyond the turn off personalized ads amn turning off the microphone and speech recognition he has nothing worth listening to.
@ConstanceOhara 24 дні тому
Then don't watch the video
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