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Anon buys a TV without researching
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this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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Just dont give the thing internet access then...
That works unless your neighbor had unsecured WiFi. The TVs will phone home in any way they can.
Setup your own WiFi with the same SSID and block all ports. Bonus points, it will drive your neighbors crazy and maybe get them to up their security stance.
Open the TV and unhook the Wifi antenna then
Seriously? If this is true... That's insane... I can't even imagine that..
That's nothing. Check out the Amazon Sidewalk protocol for some real nightmare fuel.
2019?! How does no one else think this is a bad idea?
I'm flabbergasted..
holy shit that's horrifying
It's probably only a matter of time before smart TVs are designed to use mobile data. I can easily see companies doing that to ensure you have no way to avoid the ads.
then the tv goes into a faraday cage. simple as
Frankly if it ever comes to a time it's impossible to prevent internet connection on any TV for whatever reason in my life, I'll take off the back of the TV and desolder/destroy the transceiver.
It will all be integrated into a single SOC. You can remove nothing or everything. In the future we will have tinfoil hats for or TVs.
Easy as