> Does a connected device have internet access? They'll try to use that (data over HDMI is available up to 48Gbit/s). Ethernet over HDMI is exceedingly rare an

> Does a connected device have internet access? They'll try to use that (data over HDMI is available up to 48Gbit/s). Ethernet over HDMI is exceedingly rare and would require the STB you trust to do that. Which none of them do. > There's also the possibility (though probably lower) that the device will come with its own 4G modem. Which they don't currently, and since margins on TVs are razer thin seems extraordinary unlikely to ever happen. Not when 95% of people are happy connecting their smart TV to the Internet anyway. But also trivially checked by a teardown, and if it ever happens trivially defeated with a faraday cage or just disconnecting the antenna