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I was wondering about current work-arounds. I was also thinking hacker-sponsored OS overrides for various TVs are coming (similar to rootMyTv).

• netsharc 2y ago
  I 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 ago
    I 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 >_>
    • netsharc 2y ago
      This "They're going to have built-in wireless modems!" trope is old, boring, and hasn't happened yet.
      • JohnFen 2y ago
        And if it ever does, I could set up a nice little side-hustle disabling them.
  • wannacboatmovie 2y ago
    This 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.