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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by rovr138 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:32PM (#28296323)
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.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by kelnos on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:58PM (#28296910)
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.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by Forbo on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @01:35PM (#28304378)
You're ignoring the part where Samsung TVs are actively connecting to open networks.
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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by gsich on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @03:42AM (#28298998)
That's a single TV, also is this on the market, the link said "reportedly"?

The other comment is also correct.

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