Comment on I finally figured out how to virtualize my OPNsense firewall. Suck it, Roku.

• IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Interesting. I set an adblocking dns via DHCP and, as far as I know, the Roku respects it. Ads are blocked and I can see it failing to delivery telemetry in my dns logs (most persistent thing on the network).

  I set a rule to catch outside dns to see if anything, the roku included, has been misbehaving.

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  • chagall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pihole blocks the basics for Roku. Things like logs ads etc. but there’s a lot more telemetry that they’re collecting. Here’s a hackernews thread about the topic and the associated article it references.

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  • IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, I’m back and can confirm the sneaky DNS resolver. I have two roku devices and they both were making requests to 8.8.8.8.

    Thanks for this post! TIL.

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  • EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I doubt it but could this help my tv randomly crashing

    It’s genuinely so annoying and is such a 2023 problem

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    • StopSpazzing@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tv crashing? Add an external device and don’t use TVs for their smart features as they tend to be pretty bad.

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      • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Some days I miss my old LG Plasma. Sold the house and left it bolted to the wall. 1080P, deep blacks, crisp colors, and zero “smart” features.

        It put off enough heat to warm up the living room but that was only a “bug” in the summer months. Simpler times.

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