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Re:Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything by detaro on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:39PM (#21660354)
HDMI optionally does support that, but almost no devices actually do.
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Re:Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything by Buttons840 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:44PM (#21660380)
In the future, won't it become increasingly difficult to keep your TV disconnected? Anything you connect to it will provide it with an internet connection.
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Re:Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything by detaro on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:46PM (#21660389)
Don't see any evidence of that actually happening as of yet. Would more expect that they'll just make them stop working entirely without a connection, instead of adding fancier ways of connecting them.
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Re:Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything by smileybarry on Thursday November 28, 2019 @06:12PM (#21660790)
Maybe we'll have "HDMI condoms" that connect two cables and drop all packets relating to internet sharing.
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Re:Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything by sojmq on Thursday November 28, 2019 @06:13PM (#21660793)
They could create an HDMI condom so you can't have network connectivity over HDMI. Similar to USB condoms.

Also... what if they put a 5G SIM card inside the telly? Now that would suck.

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Re:Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything by suby on Thursday November 28, 2019 @07:07PM (#21660999)
That does seem inevitable. Time to build a faraday cage for our TV's.
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