I’ve heard that too. I’ve also verified that the only unsecured network in range is my own mobile hotspot, and never once seen my TV connect to it unprompted. We really need to stop saying that this is a thing that’s happening when the only evidence for it is “someone somewhere said it once”
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bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 10 months agoI have heard that you can’t just choose to not connect it, you actually have to route it to a dead end like a pihole. Supposedly some of these smart TVs will make you think you were allowed to bypass completely but have just connected to the nearest unsecured network.
Not an issue for people who have no neighbors, but people who live in a suburb or city?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Well, if its that simple I won’t have to worry when I upgrade next year.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Definitely not at a loss. Just with a smaller margin.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not sure about generally, but on Roku specifically, the first step is to kick it off your network. I Mac address banned mine because it was connected to wireless. Then I could use the menus. I used them to factory reset the TV. During the reset process you hit “do this later” on anything that is trying to get you to connect to the Internet. Afterwards, you’ve got a plain dumb TV.
bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Thank you so much for this walk through.