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People think i'm weird for never hooking my smart tv up to the network. It works, why does it need to be online?
by mitchty 7y ago
People think i'm weird for never hooking my smart tv up to the network. It works, why does it need to be online?
- vernie 7y agoI guess your definition of "works" differs from theirs.
- edejong 7y agoYou are counting on the WiFi module not to be remote hackable?
- mulmen 7y agoWhile that is possible I would consider this to be a case of outrunning your friends rather than the bear.
- edejong 7y agoSo, a neighbor’s compromised wifi router could remotely exploit your smart tv without even configured settings: https://blog.exodusintel.com/2017/07/26/broadpwn/ https://blog.exodusintel.com/2017/07/26/broadpwn/
- verall 7y agoIt is easy to "isolate" wifi module in most smart tv with a screwdriver and about 30 minutes. They use commodity parts so it is normally removable (like in laptops). If it isn't just screw up the antennae so the soc still sees its wifi device pop up but it sucks (ymmv). Not for your grandma but HN can handle it.
- edejong 7y agoGood advice! I’d still rather buy a not-so-smart-tv /display.