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Every TV ships with a unique secret key. Secret keys that are used to do anything other than connect to an Ads server are disabled.

• PeterisP 4y ago
  Every TV ships with a non-unique secret key and an agreement with some major internet service provider which specifies that accounts using that key will gain network access but only to a specific list of IP addresses that host or proxy firmware updates and advertising content. [edit - to be clear, I'm not saying that this is what Samsung is doing, I'm just describing a plausible way how this might get done]
  • myrandomcomment 4y ago
    Everyone has said stuff like this but there has been zero proof of TVs connecting to wifi like this on their own. If you have that proof please share it.
    • bhelkey 4y ago
      >> Wanna bet [Broad Company Wifi Networks] are or will be used by your smart TV > What makes me think this will never happen... The comment suggests that the behavior of auto-connecting to wifi is infeasible for technical reasons. My comment and the one below it show that this is technically feasible.