Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Everybody in this thread: "Instead of that, just do this incredibly complex techy thing and build up your own library with multiple PBs of stolen media"
I'd love to ditch my Roku stick (already unplugged LG tv from internet). I use plex for some stuff...
Rootmy.tv + a good firewall like opensense can help
My 6yo was falling down into youtube rabbit holes of total brainrot. And then netflix started offering similar content.
I cancelled all my subscriptions, run jellyfin, ytdl-sub, and other required stuff[tm], my TVs don't have internet access any more. Just jellyfin access. Reading this validates my decision for me.
Better solution: do not buy such defective products.
Its the only sane thing to do.
Oh, come on, just don't connect it to the Internet = problem solved. HDMI cables all the way!
I am told the smartannoyances start nagging, and some eventually refuse to work without OTA upgrades.
So, no, the first step is: do not buy these.
Don't some roku TVs require a connection now.
Don’t buy things from scumbags.
The correct answer is VLAN/MAC jail or no connection.
Even DNS blocks won't stop persistent tracking which often has fallback IPs.
Isolate it and only allow the domains you need.
Not the correct answer, because the defective products will start bugging you about lack of connectivity, and eventually can stop working.
Isolate it and only allow the domains you need.
"*" match solves lazy domain matching and smart TV OEMs would be getting lawsuited if they failed to function without an internet connection when HDMI input is provided.
It seems they are not getting sued enough.
korea ? why ?
Don't connect them to the Internet.
Done.
Not done, they have shown to jump on unsecured networks to phone home. That coulr be a neighbour or a guests hotspot.
Who has shown it? Never seen anyinebprove that.
Where's your proof? I have never heard of this happening. Anyway, my Wi-Fi shows that there are no insecure networks around me.
they have shown to jump on unsecured networks to phone home.
Source?
Not the person that commented, but this fear does stem from a real thing years ago related to, I believe, Amazon Fire TVs that were using some sort of mesh functionality to get data out. It was not wide spread, and now I can't find any links about it, but I did at the time when I was worried about it and I was trying to find more information. If I am not mistaken, this was a feature that Amazon actually patented, so I don't think it would have become common anyway. I know that without a good link this is just heresay, and that's fine to leave it that way since I don't think it is still happening anyway. If anyone else can manage to find a link, please share it hear as it is interesting and can show that it isn't likely a major concern.
Disable those non connected options
You don't really believe that companies actually stop monitoring the shot out of you, right?
Just don't connect your smart TV to the Internet. Instead get some opens source TV stick, dump jellyfin on it, make your own little library and go nuts
Which open source TV stick do you recommend?
This is always the question, and there is never an answer.
A bit of a party foul on my end as I already knew none exist. Although there is at least an open streaming box OS in the works, but you’d have to bring your own hardware.
People connect their TVs to the internet? Why would you do that?
To watch YouTube or Netflix, lol, is that new to you? I don't do it but more people do than you think.
Do projectors do the same kind of shenanigans? I've seen many that got bad ratings because of "lackluster smart functions".
Never connect it to your wifi and use an open source Linux or android media box instead. If you can buy a tv or projector without any smart device baked in.