That’s only an issue if someone’s still running an open network near you.
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PineRune@lemmy.world 4 days agoYou’ll have to rip the networking chip out pretty soon to stop them from sniffing out and connecting to WiFi or other devices connected to the internet.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Some tvs will attempt to connect with another and use its internet link if available. Samsung tries this.
PineRune@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This is exactly the point I’m making. Once a few companies effectively own the market, what’s stopping them from programming their devices to communicate with each other without user knowledge? I remember seeing some post about a reddit guy asking why his Samsung (or other smart brand) dishwasher was using several GB of bandwidth daily.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Hilarious idea: Wi-fi antenna dummy loads.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
If that’s the case, then you should return the TV if you can or replace the WiFi antenna with a 50 ohm resistor.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They aren’t including hardware capable of brute forcing WPA2 in a TV.