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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by Retric on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:41PM (#21012746)
Encrypted ones do, at least every commercial version these TV’s would be able to use. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Setup Is the closest thing to an exception that I know of but still required user action to connect, and it’s been deprecated for a long time.

Some enterprise systems don’t require users to enter passwords, but the software still uses them internally when talking to the network.

PS: Unless you know of some other exception?

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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by saagarjha on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:01PM (#21012843)
Nothing’s stopping TVs from hopping on unencrypted networks.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by Retric on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:07AM (#21014551)
WiFi has limited range, so some people have control over what local networks exist.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by anticensor on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:42AM (#21013354)
Or even from silently bruteforcing passwords.
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