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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by 10000truths on Monday November 29, 2021 @02:50PM (#29384354)
This doesn’t seem like a practical thing for manufacturers to implement. How common are such networks in actuality? Literally the only time I ever encountered unsecured Wi-Fi networks in the past several years were guest networks, and all of those were gated by a capture portal that would have blocked any sort of attempt at telemetry or ad serving.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by monocasa on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:25PM (#29384793)
A deal with comcast and their ubiquitous pseudo public hotspots would simplify that.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by Firehawke on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:10PM (#29385333)
xfinitywifi, the comparable similar functionality from CenturyLink, etc, or if you happen to live just a bit too close to a McDonalds or other business that has open WiFi. And of course the possibility of one of your neighbors screwing up his WiFi setup.

There are a lot of ways this can (and has) gone horribly wrong for privacy.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by jeffbee on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:37PM (#29384934)
I doubt any TV does this but if I needed to implement it I would just do it the same way that I use wifi in hotels that have captive portals without paying for it: tunnel IP over DNS.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by Avshalom on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:06PM (#29386524)
Pretty common.

https://finder.wifi.xfinity.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by myrandomcomment on Monday November 29, 2021 @11:25PM (#29388949)
Xfinity requires login. It is not open.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by kazinator on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:04PM (#29385871)
> doesn’t seem like a practical thing for manufacturers to implement.

In terms of what, lines of code? Engineer days?

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