Testing the connectivity of your connection is trivial, and the system could easily try to find another of you had no access.
Comment on How Did TVs Get So Cheap? - by Brian Potter
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days agoIf this is a concern, connecting to a decoy SSID that isn’t actually connected to the internet may be the play.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 days ago
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Has there been any evidence of internet-enabled TVs actually doing this, or is it speculative?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
If the device (TV) in question is doing sketchy things like sniffing for open wireless networks, I don’t think pointing it manually at a zero-access WAP stub is going to stop it - it’ll probably just dump that connection and look for another one that works.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days ago
So what would you suggest as a countermeasures? In theory rendering the on-board wifi inoperable would work, but this requires an actual alteration to the device and some technical knowledge on how to do so without damaging the TV itself.