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Smart TVs taking snapshots of your screen and phoning home - Is there a list of IP ranges to block? (youtu.be)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Schwim@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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My question is: Can you block the IPs it's phoning home to without breaking other TV functions, like OS/app updates, etc? Is there a list of IPs available for smart TVs specifically that keep the fingerprint from being received by the mfg?

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[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

All but one of my TVs is a smart TV, none of them are connected to the internet. I tried with one, it was slow and difficult to use. I use a set top box instead. Even when I was using a 10+ year old Roku it performed better than the TV did.

[-] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

I recently bought a smart TV with google because it was more responsive than other TV’s on display. After I got it home, connected it to the internet, and updated everything it slowed so much that it’s unbearable to use now. There is a 2-5 second delay for every button press including changing the volume.

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe a factory reset (hopefully) will bring back the original firmware.

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