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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by fsflover on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:46AM (#28582491)
>you can just not connect the TV to the internet in the first place.

Make sure you have no open WiFi around and do not connenct the TV over HDMI, since it can also provide it with the Internet.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by wolrah on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:30AM (#28650553)
The open WiFi thing I have yet to see any evidence of, as discussed elsewhere in this thread, and while HDMI has supported ethernet for years I legitimately have never seen a device claim to actually use it. You'd need both the TV and something it's connected to supporting it for it to become a risk.

The same wires are used for HDMI ARC, so any device supporting ARC (most TVs) inherently can't support ethernet on the same port.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by dreamcompiler on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:24PM (#28588064)
So apparently we need HDMI condoms now.
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