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Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by acjohnson55 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @03:04PM (#16729859)
I bought a Vizio P65-C1, excited to have found a modern TV without smart features. Then, a couple months later, an OTA update made it smart. I had to read the fine print to realize that this came with some bullshit "feature" where Vizio auto recognizes whatever I'm watching. I disabled it deep within some totally nonintuitive menu.
Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by pwg on Sunday April 01, 2018 @03:22PM (#16729951)
> I disabled it deep within some totally nonintuitive menu.

Have you monitored it's network activity?

If not, how can you be certain the "disable menu" was not actually a placebo?

Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by acjohnson55 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @06:00PM (#16730741)
It very well may be.
Re:My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to force ... by Chirael on Sunday April 01, 2018 @08:21PM (#16731351)
I did this by following the instructions I found at https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smar...