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How is it even connecting to the Internet in the first place? Surely the OP isn’t willingly plugging an Ethernet cable into his dryer or giving it his WiFi pass
by 10000truths 6y ago
How is it even connecting to the Internet in the first place? Surely the OP isn’t willingly plugging an Ethernet cable into his dryer or giving it his WiFi password.
- stevula 6y agoGiven that the post is in the “smart home” subreddit, I’m pretty sure they did connect it to their wifi network intentionally. It probably does something very basic like send a push notification when the load is done.
- theshrike79 6y agoSamsung TVs will forcibly connect to any open AP to get internet access... There was a story in a similar subreddit where the owner of the TV intentionally didn't connect the TV to any networks. But a neighbour set up an unprotected WiFi network and the TV connected to it automatically without any prompt. And there is no way to tell it NOT to connect anywhere.
- znpy 6y ago> Samsung TVs will forcibly connect to any open AP to get internet access... I wonder what the legal consequences of that. What if the open network is pay-per-bandwidth-usage? Could the owner bring you to court, since you own the TV? And could you bring Samsung to court over that? Just wondering.
- theshrike79 6y agoAnd just the security implications of connecting to any open network. I could tap your viewing easily and possibly compromise your TV remotely by having it automatically connect to a hostile wifi nearby.
- theshrike79 6y agoFound the source: 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...