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

• Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You should look into PiHole, if you’re half-savvy with computers. They should be able to block all the destinations smart TVs are trying to connect to

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  • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sinkholes can be negated by manufacturers using static, hardcoded dns addresses. Be careful and don’t check traffic regularly.

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And those can be blocked and even redirected at the router level. Though not as simple as spinning up a pihole.

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      • OwlHamster@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Actually simpler, if you have an Asus router. Just remember to disable it’s telemetry stuff…

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    • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And they do. My Philips TV didn’t even ask for DNS until hardcoded IPs for Netflix et al. timed out. And when it did, it asked Google, not my router.

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      • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        This is why you need to do DNS hijacking to handle hardcoded DNS requests. Check masquerade in OpenWrt

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  • Wooki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Very easy to circumvent

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