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How about you don’t connect your TV to the internet? Here’s a consumer reports article that tells you how to turn off most tracking if you must connect it to th

by wil421 7y ago

How about you don’t connect your TV to the internet? Here’s a consumer reports article that tells you how to turn off most tracking if you must connect it to the internet.[1] Get a decent set of network hardware so you can monitor everything that’s going on. I can recommended UniFi by Ubiquiti, despite the recent blow back about crash reports being sent to them. [1] https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features/ https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smar...

GrayShade 7y ago
> How about you don’t connect your TV to the internet? Then we'll see the manufacturers include SIM cards, at least in countries where it's affordable.
- F147H34D 7y ago
  Twilio is making this pretty easy. I just ordered three SIM cards from them that I can provision, to see how it works. Their aim is for these SIMs to be utilized in IoT devices. https://www.twilio.com/wireless https://www.twilio.com/wireless
- MrMember 7y ago
  That's the future of all internet connected appliances. We're already seeing it with cars, at some point it will be affordable enough to include in TVs, fridges, ovens, anything that might want to phone home.
paulmd 7y ago
Hope you're not connecting it to any internet-connected device (PC, console, etc) either because most HDMI cables nowadays have pins to carry an ethernet signal as well.
- wil421 7y ago
  My Sony TV and Apple TV do not support it. According to stack exchange nobody really supports it, although I can’t attest to the commenters credibility.[1] A quick google search doesn’t show any Sony TV with this capability. Can you give me an example of any consumer TV that supports Ethernet over HDMI? [1] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/325215/appletv-ethernet-over-hdmi https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/325215/appletv-eth...
- dvdkon 7y ago
  You're not suggesting some grand conspiracy of smart TV and computer/console manufacturers, I hope? As far as I know, PC GPUs don't support this anyway.
- kstrauser 7y ago
  That means the PC, console, etc would have to voluntarily act as a network gateway for the TV. I've never heard of a device configured that way by default. Even if I wanted to do that, I don't know how I'd begin to enable it on anything other than a Linux box.
- Allower 7y ago
  whaaat?
- stevenicr 7y ago
  I had been wondering if the comcast boxes would be providing this as a side door. (hdmi from tv going to cable box, cable box has net access ) When I asked about data sharing with these dvr boxes and the new streaming stick option, only thing they could tell me is that 'virtually all video decoding and streaming devices are sharing data with multiple third parties' I returned the dvr box, and have not chosen to use their new streaming stick.
mitchty 7y ago
You could also sabotage the wifi chip or antenna if you wanted to make 100% sure the tv doesn't connect. Good luck trying to connect to wifi without an antenna connected.

by wil421 7y ago

GrayShade 7y ago

> How about you don’t connect your TV to the internet? Then we'll see the manufacturers include SIM cards, at least in countries where it's affordable.

F147H34D 7y ago
Twilio is making this pretty easy. I just ordered three SIM cards from them that I can provision, to see how it works. Their aim is for these SIMs to be utilized in IoT devices. https://www.twilio.com/wireless https://www.twilio.com/wireless
MrMember 7y ago
That's the future of all internet connected appliances. We're already seeing it with cars, at some point it will be affordable enough to include in TVs, fridges, ovens, anything that might want to phone home.

paulmd 7y ago

Hope you're not connecting it to any internet-connected device (PC, console, etc) either because most HDMI cables nowadays have pins to carry an ethernet signal as well.

wil421 7y ago
My Sony TV and Apple TV do not support it. According to stack exchange nobody really supports it, although I can’t attest to the commenters credibility.[1] A quick google search doesn’t show any Sony TV with this capability. Can you give me an example of any consumer TV that supports Ethernet over HDMI? [1] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/325215/appletv-ethernet-over-hdmi https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/325215/appletv-eth...
dvdkon 7y ago
You're not suggesting some grand conspiracy of smart TV and computer/console manufacturers, I hope? As far as I know, PC GPUs don't support this anyway.
kstrauser 7y ago
That means the PC, console, etc would have to voluntarily act as a network gateway for the TV. I've never heard of a device configured that way by default. Even if I wanted to do that, I don't know how I'd begin to enable it on anything other than a Linux box.
Allower 7y ago
whaaat?
stevenicr 7y ago
I had been wondering if the comcast boxes would be providing this as a side door. (hdmi from tv going to cable box, cable box has net access ) When I asked about data sharing with these dvr boxes and the new streaming stick option, only thing they could tell me is that 'virtually all video decoding and streaming devices are sharing data with multiple third parties' I returned the dvr box, and have not chosen to use their new streaming stick.

mitchty 7y ago

You could also sabotage the wifi chip or antenna if you wanted to make 100% sure the tv doesn't connect. Good luck trying to connect to wifi without an antenna connected.