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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by kstrauser on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:21PM (#21696847)
I hope you're right. I'm also fortunately in a position to have access to radio gear that would let me sniff that out and apply copper foil tape until it's fixed.
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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by yumraj on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:32PM (#21696947)
Care to share more on the copper foil tape thing?

Did you mean wrap the antenna or something like that? I don't have radio equipment but would love to know more.

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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by kstrauser on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:49PM (#21697131)
It's used a lot in ham radio for grounding and such, but it's also great for making an impromptu Faraday cage around an antenna. For example: https://www.amazon.com/Bertech-Copper-Conductive-Yards-Thick...

Note: that's expensive AF. I probably wouldn't literally use it to block the signal when a thin steel piece would probably work just as well. But it's an example of something you absolutely could do: find out where the antenna is, then severely interrupt its signal.

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