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No, this appears to be a HN urban legend. It's always asked in these threads and the closest thing that anyone has been able to provide is one person asking one

by Macha 4y ago

No, this appears to be a HN urban legend. It's always asked in these threads and the closest thing that anyone has been able to provide is one person asking one time on the samsung forums why there tv was connected to the neighbour's wifi (openly in the TV's own menu). So either there's a giant conspiracy which literally nobody else in the world has noticed or attempted to reproduce, or her kids/neighbour/whoever just connected it to the first network that'd work.

was_a_dev 4y ago
Fair enough - I think it is most likely something I read via HN
- Macha 4y ago
  Yeah, HN seems to be the primary community responsible for the belief that this is commonplace.
  - lostlogin 4y ago
    Maybe, but the shitty behaviour of big tech companies makes such things very easy to believe.
Lammy 4y ago
It's possible, and that's all that matters IMO
- fshbbdssbbgdd 4y ago
  If “possible” is all that matters then you have to include stuff like “I’m on a special list where if I order a monitor from Amazon, they’ll send me a version with a secret chip on the inside of the case that broadcasts my secret TV viewing habits to the NSA.”
lostlogin 4y ago
It’s too hard on the Unifi line, but Ubiquiti Edgerouters allow some neat rules. Eg if on port 53 and not coming from the Pihole, send back to Pihole. The Samsung was very chatty, but didn’t connect to an unsecured wifi network I had setup for testing. It’s gone now and an equally chatty Sony is in its place - with not network access.