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Eradicating Samba TV from my Sony Android TV was quite a fight. I ended up with a local Pi-hole server blocking everything the TV was trying to access except Ne
by medlazik 8y ago
Eradicating Samba TV from my Sony Android TV was quite a fight. I ended up with a local Pi-hole server blocking everything the TV was trying to access except Netflix. Not optimal but better than nothing...
- move-on-by 8y agoA Pi-hole is the only real solution for this as far as I can tell if you still want to use apps on your TV like Netflix. I use a Pi-hole as well with several block list sources, my favorite being Steven Black's hosts: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
- creeble 8y agoThanks for that link! I haven't added a custom block list to my Pi-hole before, this looks more complicated than I would have hoped.
- creeble 8y agoOkay, I see. Just use his hosts file to extend Pi-hole. Not so hard.
- dingaling 8y agoA simple workaround for nefarious vendors is to ignore your DHCP-provided resolver address and just punch through to their own resolver. Maybe over SSL is they're really sneaky. You need to firewall addresses ( tricky ), or connect to a LAN-only Wifi, or don't connect at all.
- mortenjorck 8y agoThe NYT story gives the impression that at least there is a simple opt-out: Is your Sony using some kind of dark patterns to get you to opt back in?
- medlazik 8y agoOpted-out -> deactivated -> uninstalled -> still dozen of DNS requests per minute for samba.tv No dark patterns per se, just straight up lies.