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

• TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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      • flappy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Google part numbers (if they aren’t scratched off/lasered off/ epoxied). Once you’ve found the ethernet controller, you can short out the pins, or rip it off the board.

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  • christophski@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• barsquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I will not give them the satisfaction.

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