Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w...
by gsich on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:06PM
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>L;DR- TVs are using their own cellular connections
The link doesn't say that.
Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w...
by rovr138 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:32PM
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It links to https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/01/huawei-reportedly-plans-f...
And it opens with,
> Though its 5G products are not entirely welcome in the United States, Huawei is reportedly pushing forward with a unique new product: the world’s first 5G television. As Nikkei reports this morning, the Chinese company plans to use the cellular-enabled TV and new PCs to challenge Samsung’s and Apple’s dominant positions in the global consumer electronics market.
Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w...
by kelnos on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:58PM
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That's not really what's being talked about, though. The fear is that if you don't connect your TV to your wifi network, it will have a secret, hidden LTE radio that it uses anyway.
It doesn't seem that Huawei is being at all secretive about this; they are advertising it as a feature.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27701977
TL;DR- TVs are using their own cellular connections and/or neighboring open wireless networks.