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When you say "it's not allowed", do you trust its own settings? Are you sure it's not doing something like [0]? How do you even protect against that? [0]: http
by DCoder 7y ago
When you say "it's not allowed", do you trust its own settings? Are you sure it's not doing something like [0]? How do you even protect against that?
[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bpr6xs/if_you_choose_to_not_connect_your_samsung_smart/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bpr6xs/if_you_choo...
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoDon't buy a "smart" TV?
- cerebellum42 7y agoIsn't every decent TV these days a smart TV? Not exactly practical advice
- neop1x 7y agodon't connect smartTV to the internet, juse use the DP/HDMI inout ;)
- islon 7y agoMy wifi router has an interface that shows every connected device and I can blacklist them based on their physical address.
- DCoder 7y agoIn the post I linked to, the TV in a similar situation was happily connecting to someone else's (open) WiFi network nearby. You can't really block those…
- ammar2 7y agoLet it connect to your network and then black-hole it? But that's assuming it doesn't try to connect elsewhere if it detects it doesn't have internet.
- nerdponx 7y agoAnd this safely outside the scope of what most people know how to do with their routers. Imagine having to take countermeasures like this to prevent things you've purchased from spying on you!
- jacobush 7y agoI guess with GDPR.
- anoncake 7y agoWPA?
- zeta0134 7y agoI bought a new wifi router and never told the Vizio the new credentials. If it manages to somehow figure out how to log onto the new router, and transmit the data about how I don't own cable service and mostly use it to play retro games? I'm going to be kindof impressed really; at that point, Vizio can have the data.