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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Wait what? Is there a blog or article on how to do this?

Because I can’t picture how this works in my head for my setup. It needs internet to go to Hulu/Netflix/etc.

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dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Oh sorry, I completely forgot to mention that. I’m using an Nvidia Shield for all my streaming.

Another approach is to connect the TV to the internet but block all LG/Samsung/whatever stuff, for example by using a firewall on your router.

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- ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Oh that’s neat with Nvidia shield!
  
  I currently do the pi-hole and block calls route.
  
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  - dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Some newer TVs are starting to have hard-coded DNS servers, which means they’ll bypass most PiHole configurations.
    
    You could try configure your router to redirect all DNS traffic (UDP port 53) to your PiHole server, but that won’t work of they’re using DoH (DNS over HTTPS) which is becoming more and more common.
    
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    wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Just remember to allow your pi-hole DNS request through the firewall. Otherwise nothing works.
    
    Unfortunately there’s also DNS over HTTPS
    
    A goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data by man-in-the-middle attacks by using the HTTPS protocol to encrypt the data between the DoH client and the DoH-based DNS resolver.
    
    Translated, “man in the middle attack” means “Pihole or similar”. Devices with hard coded addresses for this phone home, or don’t work.
    
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WarMarshalEmu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
The TV itself wouldn’t be able to reach Hulu/Netflix/etc. they’re likely using another device for that. Like a media computer or something else.

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- Sl00k@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Like a apple TV / Roku which then… Reports everything you’re watching and or viewing. We truly live in the day and age where nothing you do digitally is private, and it’s almost turned into privacy via aggregation imo now since the PBs of raw data isn’t really worth it for major corporations.
  
  Obvs if you’re the .0001% I’m sure the NSA can tap into it and you’re still gonna be fucked that way, but that can be said for pretty much any digital device.
  
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