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I think the best approach is to never, ever connect a device like a TV, Blu-ray player, etc to the internet. That's the only way they'll survive. So far no HDMI
by tpmx 6y ago
I think the best approach is to never, ever connect a device like a TV, Blu-ray player, etc to the internet. That's the only way they'll survive. So far no HDMI-based attacks.
Hotglue the ethernet port?
- excalibur 6y agoDon't forget to lock all of your consumer electronics in Faraday cages to keep the Weefees out.
- colejohnson66 6y agoThat doesn’t work if your BluRay player requires an internet connection. Yes, they exist.
- tpmx 6y agoPlease do name and shame.
- colejohnson66 6y agoI don’t know of any off the top of my head, but I have seen them. Besides that though, firmware updates require an internet connection, and those updates contain keys for newer AACS versions. So if you want to play a just-released movie, you may need a player capable of AACS 72 (or whatever it’s at now), but yours may only support AACS 52 (out of the box). MakeMKV does require an update for each new AACS version.
- philistine 6y agoI have a TCL tv that has the Roku firmware on it. I have never connected it to the internet, but I made sure I could update it without the internet. When I shopped for a tv, I was adamant I needed a tv I could update via USB, and Roku’s firmware allows it. All is not lost.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoEvery player whose key has been blacklisted. Owning BluRay is a poison pill.
- RandomBacon 6y agoThen return it and buy one that doesn't.
- Symbiote 6y agoAt least TVs on the (originally) European DVB broadcast system can pick up firmware from broadcasts. Packets in the transport stream include the necessary firmware.
- Ambroos 6y agoThis is still used for set-top boxes, at least in Belgium. It happens in the background now, but up until a few years ago when you first got one you'd only see the firmware downloader for an hour or two, with this block diagram where you could follow along: https://i.imgur.com/hh7eWZr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/hh7eWZr.jpg The worst part about that was if your signal quality wasn't great. You'd see blocks fail, and it'd take ages for them to come up again. The boxes now ship with usable firmware preloaded, and will update in the background in the first few days usually.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoThat is the most LCAR upgrade screen I have ever seen...
- lathiat 6y agothat can't be an accident surely; i want it.
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoDon't know if they still do it in the USA, but about a decade ago Sony XBR TVs were able to OTA update from local PBS stations. I don't know how useful that was. Most people hook up TVs to cable boxes. I never hooked up my Sony to an antenna for exactly that reason. There were reports of people being unsatisfied with firmware updates. E.g. the motion interpolation algorithm changed.
- neilparikh 6y agoIs there anywhere I can read more about the technical details behind this? It sounds pretty interesting. I searched for "DVB firmware", but didn't find much.