Lots of TVs will connect to open networks automatically if they are available. If you have any open networks around you, disconnecting them from your own wifi may not be enough.
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LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Disconnect internet / delete WiFi network from smart TV + stream via Apple TV. As simple and easy as it gets.
moody@lemmings.world 6 months ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Connect to a guest wifi which doesn’t have internet connectivity.
vampire@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Have you heard of mesh networks?
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 6 months ago
How are mesh networks relevant?
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve heard, but cannot confirm currently, that some smart TVs are connecting to other smart TVs in nearby houses and apartments creating an ad hoc mesh network and sending user data.
I honestly don’t know if it’s bullshit or not, but the guy you’re replying to has probably heard the same thing. I wouldn’t put it past TV makers.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
If it is real, for people who do have their television connected to their network, it probably creates interesting new attack vectors against their network.
Zetta@mander.xyz 6 months ago
You definitely don’t need an Apple TV, but this person has the gist right. Remove all data connections to the TV and use an external device to function as the smart part.
rayyy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Don’t forget DVDs.
kinther@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Basically this, except if you aren’t in the Apple ecosystem you can use alternative boxes/sticks to stream. I plugged my TV in initially and it was broadcasting an open wifi signal. I was like NOPE, removed the cable and shut it all down.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Blocking the TVs network, and using Apple just puts all your surveillance into a single system.