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I will never use a TV's OS for more than the first 5 minutes it takes to turn on HDMI CEC as default. That lets the device on the other end turn it on and off,
by geor9e 2y ago
I will never use a TV's OS for more than the first 5 minutes it takes to turn on HDMI CEC as default. That lets the device on the other end turn it on and off, change the volume, etc. I recently had Best Buy deliver a 75 inch, only cost me $350, probably because the little garbage computer inside is loaded with ads. I'll never know.
- adamredwoods 2y agoI was wondering about current work-arounds. I was also thinking hacker-sponsored OS overrides for various TVs are coming (similar to rootMyTv).
- netsharc 2y agoI had an old LG TV, I played around with MITMing it by telling my DNServer to return my NAS's IP for *.lg.com, etc servers, and I was recording the HTTP requests it was making (this was last decade and I guess lack of HTTPS wasn't shameful yet). I got rid of this TV, but never fixed the DNS settings, and it seems my new LG TV has never been able to phone home to show me the EULA to accept.. in return I do get a more limited experience, but I can switch inputs just fine. So TL;DR: it's probably possible to configure Pi-Hole (or dnsmasq) to block the ads/phone-home behavior of the TV.
- amatecha 2y agoI think their eventual hack to circumvent this kind of stuff is leveraging stuff like "Amazon Sidewalk" where everyone is unwittingly providing free internet for the IoT-enabled things they buy >_>
- wannacboatmovie 2y agoThis trick doesn't always work. Roku for example hard codes 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as its DNS resolvers. So you may need some firewall redirection rules.