• sploosh@lemmy.world
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      That works unless your neighbor had unsecured WiFi. The TVs will phone home in any way they can.

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        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.

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        Seriously? If this is true… That’s insane… I can’t even imagine that…

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        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.

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          then the tv goes into a faraday cage. simple as

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        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.

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          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.