Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV

Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by kloch on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:09PM (#29027687)

Is HDMI-CEC (Anynet+ on Samsung) a security/privacy risk also? I remember reading something about it being able to leverage connected devices Internet access a long time ago but I can NOT find anything to substantiate that now.

I do disable HDMI-CEC anyway just to stop user-hostile features like Hulu on Roku disabling the input select button on the TV remote.

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by deergomoo on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:34PM (#29027989)

Ethernet over HDMI is totally a thing but I have no idea if the ports in their TVs are wired for it.

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by Nextgrid on Thursday October 28, 2021 @06:12PM (#29032708)

I recently searched for this and couldn't find any device that actually implements this. In any case, Ethernet over HDMI still requires one of the HDMI devices to be connected to the network via some other way and bridge the HDMI connection with that network as to give the other HDMI device a way out. So something like an Apple TV which has no incentive to help spyware should be safe.

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