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Aren't the newer smart TVs equipped with a cell modem so they can phone home without wifi, or they stop working after not being updated for x days?
by eckmLJE 5y ago
Aren't the newer smart TVs equipped with a cell modem so they can phone home without wifi, or they stop working after not being updated for x days?
- stragies 5y agoCan you name some models? Between that, and user-space wireguard, I think, there might be a bleak future ahead for ad-blocking.
- saiya-jin 5y agoAt least in Europe having a cell modem would ruin the company, who would pay phone bills? Sure as hell not me.
- kube-system 5y ago> who would pay phone bills Advertisers or data brokers? They’re already subsidizing the purchase price of TVs.
- Larrikin 5y agoI don't think there are any? This is always a wild speculation about the hellscape to come in the future in these threads, but as far as I know nothing like this actually exist. My TV I bought last year has never been connected to WiFi and never will be.
- crooked-v 5y agoNo, but there are definitely ones that will try to randomly connect to any open wifi networks if left unattended.
- LeoPanthera 5y agoSince you claim "definitely" can you point to one? I hear this claim a lot but have never actually found even a single one that does.
- LeoPanthera 5y agoNeither of these things are true.
- Art9681 5y agoThere is no evidence of this and we would know. Its not easy to hide wireless signals.