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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by EpicEng on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:03PM (#21010748)
Why did you give it access to Wi-Fi in the first place? I have a Samsung smart TV and I just skipped that step. Performing a HW mod seems unnecessary.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by jamesponddotco on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:12PM (#21010859)
Because I was curious to see what it would try to do and I did not have an Ethernet cable in the living room at the time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by zik on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:28PM (#21011061)
It might make sense to connect it to get a firmware update. And some bug fixes, hopefully.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by takeda on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:17PM (#21012940)
If you don't want any of those smart features, chances are you don't have the need to update anything.
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