Real-Time Ad Blocking via HDMI Man-in-the-Middle
You bought the TV, and you pay for the subscription – so why do you still get ads? Modern streaming ads are baked into the stream as the content, out of reach of any network hacks. Minus is a small device that sits between your streaming box and your television and does the blocking in hardware, with no cloud dependency, using open models running on a single-board computer. It intercepts the signal between a streaming stick and the TV and goes after ads on the screen itself. This talk offers a hands-on look at the hardware and ML detection pipeline, and a broader case for the right to control what plays on a device you own.
Sunday 1700 Gramercy Park Suite
