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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by sjwright on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:34AM (#21014969)
Or maybe grounding it? I bet if you mash a little ball of tinfoil into the connector, any residual chance of it working will evaporate.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by leni536 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:44AM (#21015283)
Who knows? This could make a nice little experiment.

   1. Leave the antenna connected
   2. Unplug the antenna, leave the connector unterminated.
   3. Terminate the connector with ball of tinfoil.
   4. Use a proper impedance matched termination.
   5. Terminate with a proper impedance as close to the wifi chip as possible
   5./b Also cut the antenna trace on the PCB as close to the chip as possible
   Measure signal strength in all scenarios.
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