Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

• Fermion@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A smart tv without an internet connection is usually close enough to a dumb TV. It’s not like your TV needs regular security updates so leaving it off your home network is fine.

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  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I do not know how true it is, but I’ve heard that some of them will create a mesh network if your neighbor has the same brand and it’s connected to the internet.

    I’ve always meant to look into it but I have big dumb TVs that work for now.

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    • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Open the tv and rip out the antenna. Y’all already forgot the classic secret agent trope of checking the hotel room for bugs? Now we all get to play that game!

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      • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nowadays the antenna is often embedded into the pcb, so no way to rip it out other than scraping off the traces

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    • christophski@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Would love to know how true this is as I wouldn’t put it past manufacturers

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      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There’s another reply further down that goes into specifics. I ain’t the one because I didn’t come with receipts and I’m just a drunk.

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    • flappy@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s called wardriving, a practise Samsung TVs are infamous for.

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      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I never put that together with wardriving but that’s exactly what it is. Thank you for that.

        Unrelated story: ~20 years ago I was in the military and broke as hell. I went wardriving in my neighborhood looking for open wifi and found a business not too far away that had it. So I built an antenna out of a coffee can, mounted it up just outside my window, and got free wifi for months.

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      • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        To me, Wardriving is back in the day when you used to drive around town with a laptop and a program that catalogues all the open wifi networks in range.

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  • barsquid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I will not give them the satisfaction.

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• CrimsonMishaps@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Smart TVs are only smart when they are connected to the internet.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As mentioned by others, they sometimes network with nearby devices such as your neigbor’s TV.

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