The Android TV platform that drives Smart TVs manufactured by Sony, TCL and Hisense, and other products such as the Nvidia Shield and Chromecast with Google TV, has turned the TV into a personalized television media center. Nevertheless, two major raw dealings with streaming services include loss of privacy via…
Apple TV runs on the tvOS, a high-end media hub, though the functionality is critically low due to two factors: risk of privacy in shared networks (hotels, etc.) and the strong geo-restrictions that block access to international content libraries (international Netflix collection, live sports events played abroad). Most importantly, now,…
Riding on the lightweight ChromeOS, Chromebook is praised for its fast speed, simplicity, and natural security against traditional malware. Nevertheless, it is based on a significant use of Google cloud infrastructure, which means that it does not provide an underlying network privacy or the capacity to workaround geographical content blocking…



