Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by rootusrootus on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:11AM
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At this point I don't think any Samsung TVs have cellular connections built in. So just stay away from the 'smart' features. I recently bought a 70" Samsung "smart" TV but the only interaction we have with it is to switch to the Apple TV input. The TV has no network configuration, and it never will.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by choward on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:33AM
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How do you know it's not using open wifi networks?
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by rootusrootus on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:01PM
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I don't. There aren't any open wifi networks anywhere near my home, though. I assume if it did that someone would have noticed by now. That's a naive assumption, but given how many people actually look for such behavior, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility.
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads
by choward on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:55PM
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It could still store the data on the device. Then in the future, a companies like google could drive around with an open wifi network on their street view cars and charge TV manufacturers for gathering the data. Or drones with open wifi could be deployed.