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Whenever cheap TVs with spyware come up I always have the same question — how can I detect /learn that the TV includes esim or other means of directly connectin
by 112233 9mo ago
Whenever cheap TVs with spyware come up I always have the same question — how can I detect /learn that the TV includes esim or other means of directly connecting to remote servers?
This is not a rhetorical question — do I read FCC, something else? Use SDR?
- palmotea 9mo agoWhy would a maker of a cheap TV bother with cell connectivity? It doesn't come for free as there would be extra components and an ongoing cell service subscription they'd have to pay for, and that could add up to a big fraction of the total cost at the low end. Plus the vast majority of buyers are going to connect the TV to their network anyway to use streaming apps.
- karmakaze 9mo agoFree neighborhood internet sounds great until we consider what could follow.
- 112233 9mo agoHardly anything in current TV pricing makes any sense. 763€ for LG OLED42C5, while cheapest current gen iphone is pushing 1k€. If, as is asserted, telemetry is such a golden ore, getting uninterruped access to it would surely cover the cost, at least in some markets.
- gruez 9mo ago>how can I detect /learn that the TV includes esim or other means of directly connecting to remote servers? I'm not aware of any confirmed instance of this, so for now this is just an urban legend.