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Most new TVs are smart TVs so even if you do this you are still running on like Samsung have been caught screen capturing your TV and phoning home for advertisi
by Entinel 4y ago
Most new TVs are smart TVs so even if you do this you are still running on like Samsung have been caught screen capturing your TV and phoning home for advertising.
- nmstoker 4y agoHow would they phone home without your help? If you're going the route suggested above then it would make no sense to bother putting your Samsung TV on the WiFi
- oyashirochama 4y agoOr just simply block their connection with a PiHole.
- denkmoon 4y agoYour TV can't phone home unless you give it internet. Haven't heard of them shipping with mobile network access yet.
- Liquix 4y agoBut when everyone keeps buying ""smart"" TVs and accepting the spyware, pretty soon they will start shipping with baked in 4G chips, and there will be no other option. Vote with your wallet by never buying a smart TV under any circumstance. They are cheaper than actual TVs because the data collected is so lucrative - buying one is implicitly supporting that slimy business model, even if you don't connect to WiFi.
- denkmoon 4y agoThere are no non-smart/"actual" TVs. Find a 55" OLED that doesn't have "smart" features. I mean personally I don't care so long as I don't see ads, but the advice you're really giving is "don't buy a TV". Can't say I disagree though.
- bogwog 4y agoDon’t even need 4G chips, just a regular ol’ wifi/bluetooth module thanks to stuff like Amazon Sidewalk: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/introducing-amazon-sidewalk https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/introducing-amazon-...
- quickthrower2 4y agoLove how the illustration shows houses directly on the road with no sidewalk.
- kuschku 4y agoAnd that's what the Amazon Sidewalk mesh is for