My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force me to use a new app

Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by TheCoreh on Sunday April 01, 2018 @11:42AM (#16728833)

Or just don't connect them to the network?

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by noir_lord on Sunday April 01, 2018 @12:03PM (#16728957)

Thats what I did, it popped up after first power up asking for wifi password, to quote Snowden "lol no.".

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by zeep on Sunday April 01, 2018 @12:16PM (#16729016)

Any of them automatically connect to open wifi networks or maybe cellular networks?

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by fencepost on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:51PM (#16730676)

You may be able to check that by reviewing FCC documentation online similar to how people sleuth out new phones, though I've never looked at what precisely is required in terms of filing.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by ddalex on Sunday April 01, 2018 @01:38PM (#16729434)

> maybe cellular networks

Now you're getting me paranoid.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by poizan42 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @03:25PM (#16729964)

That would probably cost too much. At least I hope so.

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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by zeep on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:01PM (#16750227)

Amazon used to provide free networking for its readers... I think that it is very cheap to transfer text/"meta-data"... It might even be sponsored by the government...

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